Lawyer for Hunter Biden, Musk leaves Latham to launch new law firm

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A former federal prosecutor whose clients have included billionaires Mark Cuban and Elon Musk, and who is currently representing President Joe Biden's son Hunter in a U.S. tax investigation, has left international law firm Latham & Watkins for a smaller litigation-focused firm.

Christopher Clark has joined forces with New York-based law firm Smith Villazor to form Clark Smith Villazor, they said on Thursday. The move reunites Clark with Patrick Smith, his former mentor from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan.

Clark said he opted to leave the partnership at Latham, one of the largest and highest-grossing U.S. law firms, to avoid conflicts that hampered his ability to pursue cases on behalf of his hedge fund clients and others.Clark said he will continue to lead a team of Latham lawyers that is representing Hunter Biden, who in December 2020 said his tax affairs were being investigated by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Delaware.

Smith Villazor was initially founded in 2016 by Smith and Rodney Villazor, both former partners at DLA Piper, another international law firm. Clark was among the attorneys hired by Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, after he was accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of trading on non-public information when he sold 600,000 shares in an internet search company and avoided a $750,000 loss. A Texas jury cleared Cuban of any wrongdoing in October 2013.

 

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Armenians want war again..?!!

Probably musk law firm is that Ai led law firm company

Hunter is traveling with his Daddy.

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