Dan Cogdell conducted a lengthy interview with KPRC’s Zach Lashway regarding Dan’s memories and perspectives on the Branch Davidian siege and resulting trials. In the discussion Dan comments on how he became involved in the case, his relationship with his client Clive Doyle through the years, the impact of media coverage, and the relevancy of […]
Following the 1993 siege at the Branch Davidian compound, Dan Cogdell found himself representing a former cult member, Clive Doyle, who was facing federal murder charges. Although initially hesitant to take the case, once Dan spoke with Mr. Doyle, it was clear to him that the government had grossly overstepped its authority, leading to the […]
Houston legal titan Dan Cogdell sat down with Fox 26’s The Factor Uncensored to discuss the Showtime series, “Waco: The Aftermath,” focusing on the disastrous FBI standoff at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, and his defense of Clive Doyle, a Brand Davidian survivor, charged with federal murder conspiracy charges related to the siege. […]
Dan Cogdell Gets the Hollywood Treatment Thirty years ago, Dan Cogdell won an acquittal for his then-client, Clive Doyle, following the 51-day showdown between the Branch Davidian compound and the FBI, which resulted in the death of 76 people’s death. Today, Dan is portrayed by Emmy-nominated actor Giovanni Ribisi in a five-part Showtime series documenting […]
Decades following the events at the Branch Davidian compound and the 51-day siege that ended with a fire that killed its leader, David Koresh, and 76 other people, the criminal case and its aftermath are documented in the new Showtime series, “Waco: The Aftermath.” Dan Cogell is portrayed by Emmy-nominated actor Giovanni Ribisi and the […]
Emmy-nominated actor, Giovanni Ribisi, sat down with CBS News and CBS This Morning to discuss his portrayal of Dan Cogdell in Showtime’s new limited series, “Waco: the Aftermath.” The series features the disastrous FBI standoff at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, and the subsequent trial of Dan’s client, Clive Doyle. “When you meet […]
Dan Cogdell is a legal legend in Houston, known for taking on high-profile cases and achieving seemingly impossible victories. But perhaps his most notable case was his representation of Branch Davidian Clive Doyle in the aftermath of the Waco disaster. It was April 19, 1993, when federal agents raided the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, […]
Monday, July, 2, Waco: Clive Doyle: In Defense Of — Defense attorney, Dan Cogdell, recounts the Waco Siege, and the trial the federal government launched against his client, Clive Doyle, and the other surviving members of the controversial Branch Davidians. Read more here: https://www.tvfanatic.com/videos/in-defense-of-oxygens-new-limited-series-explores-those-who-upho/
Megyn Kelly sits down with Chris Tritico, John Henry Browne, Kirk Nurmi and Dan Cogdell — the lawyers who respectively defended Timothy McVeigh, Ted Bundy, Jodi Arias and Clive Doyle of the Branch Davidians. The four open up about their time defending criminals in Oxygen network show “In Defense Of.” Tritico, lawyer of McVeigh, sums […]
Doyle’s attorney, Dan Cogdell, believed his client was innocent upon their first meeting. Doyle, along with 10 other Branch Davidians, faced murder and conspiracy charges in the deaths of four federal agents who raided the Waco compound. They were all acquitted. Doyle “didn’t know an air gun from a BB gun,” said Cogdell. “It took […]