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City Hall has hired a celebrity lawyer to represent Mayor Eric Adams in a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a fellow city employee in 1993. And while taxpayers are footing the bill for the high-profile attorney, City Hall said it is getting a discount.
Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is coming on as co-counsel in the case against Adams, according to a notice filed in court Monday by the city law department.
Spiro has “come to specialize in protecting the rich and famous from the consequences of their poorest decisions,” according to a 2023 profile in The New Yorker about his work for Elon Musk, Jay-Z and Alec Baldwin.
According to Bloomberg, Spiro billed JP Morgan Chase $2,025 per hour last year for services related to a fraud case, although the bank disputed being overcharged. In contrast, the city law department spokesperson stated that they would pay significantly less: $250 per hour for partners’ work and $175 per hour for associates’ work.
City Corporation Counsel Sylvia Hinds-Radix, who heads the law department, stated last month that Adams does not have to pay for legal representation. This decision was made because Adams was a city employee with the Transit Police in 1993 when a former colleague, Lorna Beach-Mathura, accused him of sexual misconduct. As a result, Adams qualifies for free legal assistance from the city.
NYC brings on high profile defense attorney Alex Spiro, got-to lawyer for likes of Elon Musk, to rep @NYCMayor in sexual misconduct lawsuit.https://t.co/P9CO7ccL5J pic.twitter.com/xbFdFF7rH9
— Craig McCarthy (@craigmccarthynyc on Threads) (@createcraig) April 8, 2024
Adams vehemently denied the allegations in the lawsuit, stating that he doesn’t even remember meeting the plaintiff.
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