2023-09-19 04:57:53
Jeffrey Harris Lichtman New York lawyer 58 years old specialized in criminal defense and with around 33 years of experience, he is currently recognized for handling the cases of the Guzmán family.
He graduated with a law degree from Emory University in 1987, subsequently attended Duke University Law School, graduating in 1990. By 1999 he opened his own law firm.
Lichtman is known for his cross-examination style and experience that has given him the reputation of “ruthless” in front of the court.
Relationship with the Guzmáns
In 2017 was hired by the mexican drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to represent him at his trial where he did not hesitate to assure that Ismael Mayo Zambada is the true leader of the Sinaloa Cartel instead of his client, however this strategy did not work for him and Guzmán Loera is sentenced to life imprisonment, which he serves in the ADX maximum security prison. in Florence, Colorado.
For 2021after Emma Coronel was arrested in February of that year, Jeffrey He also defended her in court., assured that it was impossible for Coronel to spend the rest of her life in prison since her participation in the crimes for which she was accused was minimal. After some negotiation plus good behavior, Emma recently got out of prison.
Now that you take the case of Ovidio Guzman, son of his first client, speculation is on everyone’s lips because there are two possibilitiesface an argued trial like that of “El Chapo” Guzmán or cooperate with justice which would imply denouncing his brothers known as “Los Chapitos.”
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