Legendary Twin Cities attorney Joe Friedberg dies

Joe Friedberg — a legendary, prolific, and quotable member of the bar — has died after a battle with cancer, according to multiple reports .

The big picture: He was a veteran of more than 300 felony jury trials since 1966, and Twin Cities reporters and radio hosts often turned to him for his take on legal matters.

Catch up quick: Friedberg represented U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman during the 2009 election recount that Sen. Al Franken eventually won.

• After hating his first job out of law school, the New York native moved to Minnesota in 1964 to sell encyclopedias. However, he kept taking criminal cases on the side before returning to law full-time in the early 1970s, he told the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal .
• He represented a range of defendants, from Harvey Carignan — convicted in a later case as a serial killer — to Minnesota Vikings Mo Williams and Randy Moss .

What they're saying: "Heavy, heavy heart today," KFAN host Dan Barreiro wrote of his frequent show guest. "We are losing too many of our finest."

"There have been any number of cases over the years where I've said to people: 'Look, we'll represent you, but if you're going to continue this life of crime, you have to improve. You're not very good at it.'"