Sidney Powell | |
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Born | Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day |
Occupation | Attorney |
Years active | 1978–present |
Website | www |
Sidney Powell is a US attorney best known for appellate reversals, for representing General Michael Flynn beginning in 2019 and President Donald Trump in 2020.
Early life
Sidney Powell was born in Durham, North Carolina, and grew up in the city of Raleigh. She graduated from Needham Broughton High School and went on the the University of North Carolina, where she earned B.A. and J.D. degrees. She began her legal career as the youngest United States Attorney in the US.[1]
Law Career
From 1978 through 1988, Powell served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western and Northern Districts of Texas and the Eastern District of Virginia, where she handled civil and criminal trial work. was appointed Appellate Section Chief for the Western and then the Northern District of Texas.[2]
Powell established her own law firm in 1993, aimed mostly at federal appellate practice, and currently practices in the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Federal Circuits, plus representing cases in the United States Supreme Court. Her firm has also handled a number of high-profile class action suits. She has served as lead counsel in more than 500 appeals in the Fifth Circuit courts, resulting in more than 180 published opinions and a reversals rate of approximately 70%.[2]
Powell is a member of the American Law Institute and a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, where she served as president from 2001-2002.[2]
Notable cases
Powell was one of the prosecutors in the trial of Jimmy Chagra, convicted in 1979 of continuing criminal violations.[2]
Writing career
Powell writes articles and opinion pieces for the New York Observer.[3] She has published two bestseller[4] non-fiction legal thrillers on abuses in the field of law.
- Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice (2014)
- Conviction Machine: Standing Up to Federal Prosecutorial Abuse (2020)
In addition Powell has published numerous journal articles on law practice. Selected examples incude:
- Federal Appellate Practice Guide: Fifth Circuit, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Gabriel and Powell, 1994-99).
- The Appellate Process: Preserving and Protecting the Record for Appeal, ALI/ABA The Appellate Process (1990).
- Federal Appeals in the Fifth Circuit: Tips for the Texas Practitioner, 42 Baylor Law Review No. 1, p. 99 (1990).
- Preparing and Presenting Oral Argument in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 6 Fifth Circuit Reporter No. 4 (February 1989).
- Federal Jurisdiction in Criminal Appeals — Appealable Orders in the Fifth Circuit, 19 Texas Tech Law Review No. 3 (1988).
Briefwriting for the Fifth Circuit, 4 Fifth Circuit Reporter No. 12, 705 (1987).[2]
Film and media career
Powell has made numerous media appearances both as a political/legal commentator and as a published writer on the subject of law. She has appeared on shows including Lou Dobbs Tonight, Hannity, Shannon Bream’s show, Newsmax TV and One America News, plus various radio shows.[5]
Powell served as producer on the film Decoding Annie Parker (2013), providing guidance to help bring the film to a commercial release. The film raised millions of dollars for cancer charities.[1]
Powell also appeared in the cast of The Plot Against the President (2020), a documentary film directed by Amanda Milius and based on the book of the same title by journalist Lee Smith.<ref>{{
References
- ^ a b "Biography". Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Sidney Powell P.C." Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ "Sidney Powell". Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ "Sidney Powell". Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ "About". Retrieved November 14, 2020.
External links
- {{official|https://www.sidneypowell.com]]