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Legal bio of the week - Mark Lewis

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14 June 2012 16:33
Thanks to the reader who sent in this profile of "maverick" lawyer Mark Lewis.

Mark was catapulted to fame after acting for the family of Milly Dowler, and as a result of the collapse of the News of the World and the subsequent Leveson inquiry finds himself increasingly sought after. Indeed he:

has a life that is "like stepping into a John Grisham novel";

often "can't get out of the door as I receive so many calls on my mobile from journalists, or potential clients and colleagues";

is on an enforced diet, as "a lot of my lunchtimes are spent on the traffic island in the middle of the road doing TV interviews";

travels "more than cabin crew", including spending time "attending a cruise as a celebrity speaker";

wasn't allowed into the US as he had no photo ID, but got around it by showing the guard "a copy of the New York Times ... which that day had featured a profile of me";

moved from a firm with offices on "New York Street in Manchester"  and then "found myself being interviewed on camera in a New York street";

hasn't "got the fear gene"; and

knows he's "made it when Robert Peston quotes you and he has".

     Mark Lewis, ubermensch

OK, everyone likes a bit of profile. But this has surely got to be overegging it...


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anonymous user
15/06/2012 08:34
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Surely an outside bet for the next series of The Apprentice? If only he had mentioned being an 'alpha male' or a 'business assassin' although this is clearly implied.
anonymous user
15/06/2012 10:22
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Lost his passport between leaving the UK and arriving in the US?
anonymous user
22/06/2012 09:34
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Correction: "wasn't allowed into an office in New York because he didn't have photo ID". Much more plausible. I myself have styled my way into many City offices without ID by using the old "donchaknowhoIam" followed by my best blue steel.