Jan-Hein Kuijpers (born 27 October 1968) is a Dutch
lawyer
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The exact nature of a lawyer's work varies depending on the legal jurisdiction and the legal system, as w ...
and
columnist
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.
Jan-Hein Kuijpers was born in
Waalwijk
Waalwijk () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. It had a population of in and is located near the A59 and N261 motorways. The villages of Capelle, Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Sprang (the former mun ...
. Together with
Arthur van der Biezen he runs the
law firm
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Kuijpers & van der Biezen Advocaten in
's-Hertogenbosch
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. Since 19 February 2007, he has defended Dutch gangster
Willem Holleeder
Willem Frederik Holleeder (born 29 May 1958) is a Dutch gangster, outlaw biker and convicted criminal. He is nicknamed ''De Neus'' (''The Nose'') because of the size of his nose.
In 1983, Holleeder was sentenced to eleven years' imprisonment fo ...
,
after
Bram Moszkowicz
Abraham Maarten "Bram" Moszkowicz (; born 26 June 1960) is a Dutch jurist and former lawyer.
Early life and education
Abraham Maarten Moszkowicz was born on 26 June 1960 in Maastricht in the Netherlands. He is the son of Berthe Bessant and law ...
stepped down as Holleeder's counsel. Piet-Hein Kuijpers also writes
column
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s for the Dutch magazine
Aktueel.
References
External links
Kuijpers & Nillesen advocaten
1968 births
Living people
Dutch columnists
20th-century Dutch lawyers
People from Waalwijk
21st-century Dutch lawyers
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