Graham Francis Defries

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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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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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