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Attorney Joe Tacopina — the public face of Donald Trump’s legal defense team — has been in the spotlight in the wake of the former president’s indictment in Manhattan over an alleged hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
But Trump’s case isn’t the first high-profile legal fight the 56-year-old high-powered defense attorney has taken on.
The Brooklyn-born lawyer, who is known for his sharp suits and fiery media interviews, has a long list of celebrity clients — from rapper Meek Mill to baseball star Alex Rodriguez.
Here’s what we know about Trump’s star-powered lawyer:Who is Joe Tacopina?
Tacopina is the founder and managing partner of the Big Apple’s Tacopina, Seigel & DeOreo law firm.
He describes himself as the “go to” criminal defense attorney across the country.
Tacopina began his career as a prosecutor in Brooklyn before crossing over to become a defense attorney.
He was initially hired by the Trump team back in January to defend him against a civil lawsuit brought by magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says Trump raped her in the mid-1990s.
On his LinkedIn, Tacopina boast of how he was once described in GQ Magazine as “the best-dressed, smoothest-talking, hardest-working criminal defense attorney going.”
Outside the legal realm, Tacopina is married to his wife Tish. The couple have five children together.
