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By J.A. Johnson Jr. Greenwich Time. It is this quality, of innovation in the vigorous representation of clients, that has made him a much sought criminal defense lawyer. It is what vaulted Sherman Sherman into the national spotlight in 1985. After a client's first trial on a rape charge ended in a hung Sherman hired a juror from the first trial as a consultant in selecting a panel for the second trial. The Stamford attorney's fame or notoriety grew still further through his pioneering of the post-traumatic stress disorder defense that won acquittal of a Vietnam veteran on a murder charge in 1990.