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) ''King's Counsel'' (formerly Queen's Counsel until September 2022) is a British cartoon strip created by Alexander Williams and Graham Francis Defries, which has been published in the law pages of ''The Times'' since 1993. It is a satire on law ...

featured in the law pages of

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since 1993.

Personal life

Defries earned his B.A. at

Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University (formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic (United Kingdom), Polytechnic) is a public university, public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and High ...

in 1990 and went to the

University of Law , motto_lang = lat , mottoeng = Let us know the laws and rights , established = ,2012 (university status) , closed = , type = Private, for-profit , endowment ...

to take the

Bar Vocational Course The Bar Professional Training Course or BPTC is a postgraduate course which allows law graduates to be named and practise as barristers in England and Wales. The eight institutes that run the BPTC along with the four prestigious Inns of Court ...

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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