now because of media coverage, he's a household name. >> jose baez. >> jose baez. >> jose baez. >> caseyny chose her defense attorney jose baez on the recommendation of another inmate in her jail cell. from july 2008 until july 5th, 2011, jose baez and the defense team were immersed in one of the most contentious trials of the 21st century. steve helling wrote about the case for "people" magazine. >> when jose baez first took over this case, he wasn't used to dealing with the media. >> if the media would microanalyze anyone's family, they can certainly come up with more than that. please stay away from mine, by the way. >> he thought all of the stories that would be out there would be a little more pro casey than they were. he had to learn how to deal with the media that he felt had burned him and i think at some point he realized, you know what, i can't talk to the media anymore because they all think that my client is guilty. >> i've been involved in a number of high-profile media cases, phil spector, jason williams. the pretrial hearings of michael skakel. i have never, ever seen the