![]() He said he brings more criminal experience to the table than Sekulow.Įkonomou is a member of The Lambros Firm LLC, a boutique firm in Atlanta, which mostly handles civil and criminal racketeering cases for D.A.s around the state. "He's well past the A-team grab space," Wright said.Įkonomou said that since he began working with Sekulow, he has attended meetings with Mueller's team. Savannah Law School professor Andrew Wright, former associate counsel in the Obama White House, said it is unusual for a president to turn to lawyers like Ekonomou who are untested on the national scene and not part of the elite white-collar bar. attorney in Illinois, said Trump had reached out to him and a Washington colleague, but business conflicts prevented them from representing the president. For example, on Monday, Dan Webb, a former U.S. Trump has tried to tap top-tier lawyers to represent him but been repeatedly rebuffed, according to people familiar with the matter. intelligence agencies' conclusion that it meddled in the election, and Trump has said there was no collusion between his campaign and Moscow officials. election, and possible collusion by Trump aides. Mueller is investigating Russian attempts to influence the 2016 U.S.
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