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Four Decades of Silk – A King’s Counsel Reflects on New Zealand’s Legal Evolution

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As New Zealand celebrates the appointment of twelve new King’s Counsel for 2025, we have published some reflections from the doyen of the New Zealand Bar, James Farmer KC, who marks an impressive four decades since his own appointment to Silk. Jim Farmer’s reflection include reference to Tiana Epati, a groundbreaking figure as the first […]

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Steve Witkoff’s Career From Lawyer to Billionaire to Peace Dealmaker

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The Stunning Steve Witkoff Career Moves Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor Before Steve Witkoff became a commanding presence in international real estate, and an unlikely Middle East diplomat, he was doing what thousands of law graduates do: practicing law at a New York firm, navigating contracts, and learning the intricate mechanics of deal-making. But Witkoff,

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Deputy PM David Lammy’s Return to the Law

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From Global Diplomacy to Leaking Courthouses David Lammy has swapped the trappings of global diplomacy for the joys of leaking court lavatories and backlogged justice. The former foreign secretary is now justice secretary, taking on a role that’s less about international summits and more about fractured legal aid, crumbling court estates, and prisons stuffed to

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Who Is Abbe Lowell – The Tough Washington Litigator Handling Trump Targets?

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The Abbe Lowell Effect Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing writer Abbe Lowell has always thrived on crisis. A Columbia Law grad and former DOJ lawyer, he was the Democrats’ legal field marshal during the Clinton impeachment. Since then, he’s defended a rogue’s gallery of Washington names: Senator Bob Menendez (twice), John Edwards, Jared Kushner and Hunter

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Gerry Spence: The Fringed Buckskin Legend Who Redefined American Trial Law

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The Spectacular Trial Successes of Gerry Spence John Bowie, LawFuel publisher I met Gerry Spence, who died earlier this month, at his Jackson Hole office during his Christmas Party – a young (then) New Zealand lawyer seeking to meet a living legend trial lawyer who reputedly never lost a criminal case. It was the early

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Jeanine Pirro’s Wild Legal Ride – From Prosecutor to Primetime to the DC Bench

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Jeanine Pirro Moves From Fox Firebrand to the DC District Bench Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor There are career arcs, and then there’s Jeanine Pirro’s: a former assistant DA turned DA turned judge turned cable news flamethrower—and now DC District Court Judge. But beneath the peroxide headlines and Fox News rants lies a formidable legal

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Marc Agnifilo, The Legal Maestro Behind Diddy’s Defense

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How Marc Agnifilo’s ‘Own the Bad, Fight the Worse’ Strategy Just Saved Diddy from Life in Prison Marc Agnifilo, a veteran criminal defense attorney with over 30 years of experience, secured a major victory for Sean “Diddy” Combs by winning acquittals on the most serious racketeering and sex trafficking charges. Known for representing high-profile clients

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