Graham Francis Defries is a partner in the law firm

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. He is the co-creator with Alexander Williams of the Queens Counsel (comic strip) featured in the law pages of

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since 1993.

Personal life

Defries earned his B.A. at

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in 1990 and went to the

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to take the

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in 1991.
at website of Goodwin Procter LLP Retrieved 28.June 2022 He currently resides in London with his wife Emma Jane Pauline Defries and 4 children, Charles Samuel Nicholas Defries, Elisa Jane Catherine Defries, Lara Betty Maureen Defries and Arthur Joseph Graham Defries.

References

External links

/ Graham Defries at Goodwin Procter LLP

Queens Counsel cartoon strip at The Times Online
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