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Graham Francis Defries is a partner in the law firm Goodwin Procter. He is the co-creator with Alexander Williams of the Queens Counsel (comic strip) featured in the law pages of The Times since 1993.
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Graham Francis Defries is a partner in the law firm Goodwin Procter. He is the co-creator with Alexander Williams of the Queens Counsel (comic strip) featured in the law pages of The Times since 1993.
Defries earned his B.A. at Oxford Brookes University in 1990 and went to the University of Law to take the Bar Vocational Course in 1991. [1]
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.[ citation needed ]
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Defries or De Fries is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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