Andrew J. Ekonomou
Andrew J. Ekonomou | |
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| Education | Emory University (BA, 1970) Emory University (MA, 1971) Emory University (JD, 1974) Emory University (PhD, 2000) |
| Spouse | Georgia Lambros Ekonomou |
Andrew John Ekonomou is an attorney in Donald Trump's legal team working under Jay Sekulow. He is a scholar of Byzantine history, having received his PhD in the topic from Emory University in 2000.[1] Ekonomou serves as senior counsel at the American Center for Law and Justice where Sekulow is chief counsel.[2] Ekonomou is a former state prosecutor who occasionally prosecutes cases for a district attorney's office in southeastern Georgia, and a former federal prosecutor who at one time served as the acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.[3]
References
- ^ Freifeld, Karen (March 28, 2018). "Spurned By Top Lawyers, Trump's Defense Elevates Washington Outsider". HuffPost. Reuters. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ^ Sheth, Sonam (March 29, 2018). "Trump's legal team comes apart as Russia probe kicks into high gear". Business Insider. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ^ Megerian, Chris (March 28, 2018). "Spurned by big law firms, Trump relies on a handful of lesser-known attorneys". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
