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Law Practice,
Appellate Practice

Jul. 18, 2022

Cipollone’s lawyer talks about getting subpoena withdrawn

“We negotiated to have his subpoena withdrawn because the executive branch has taken the position for decades that close advisers to the president are not subject to compelled testimony by Congress,” Michael M. Purpura, a partner at Hueston Hennigan, said of his representation of the former White House counsel

Newport Beach attorney Michael M. Purpura is no stranger to high-profile trials and has come to adopt a useful strategy over the years: “The practice should be harder than the game.” He put practice into play when he obtained withdrawal of a subpoena for his client, former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, from the congressional Jan. 6 Committee.

“We negotiated to have his subpoena withdrawn because the executive branch has taken the pos...

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