Washington lawyer Abbe Lowell is the lead legal professional representing James in the investigation.
Lowell is well-known for defending politicians and has received acquittals or mistrials for a number of high-profile shoppers, together with former Democratic presidential candidate and Sen. John Edwards, who was charged with marketing campaign finance violations.
An extended-time Washington insider, Lowell served as counsel to House Democrats throughout the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. He additionally represented Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner throughout the particular counsel investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, and later Hunter Biden on gun and tax fees.
After years working at a big DC legislation agency, earlier this 12 months Lowell arrange his personal store pushed by “the Trump administration’s attempts to use the legal system to silence perceived opponents and critics.”
His roster of shoppers contains former nationwide safety adviser John Bolton, whistleblower legal professional Mark Zaid, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, former chief of workers on the Department of Homeland Security Miles Taylor, and a number of other former FBI brokers and Justice Department prosecutors who had been fired from their positions.