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John M. Pierce is a trial lawyer, founder and Managing Partner of John Pierce Law. He was described by Benchmark Plaintiff Litigation 2012 as "one of the most esteemed jury trial lawyers" at the world's largest business litigation law firm, and The Legal 500 United States 2015 praised his "real trial presence."
Some of his Capitol riot defendants have added other attorneys since Pierce's hospitalization. One defendant who had hired Pierce, Deborah Lynn Lee, "expressed concerns regarding her legal representation" on September 2, according to court records, and was given a new court-appointed attorney.
In their filing Monday, federal prosecutors wrote that they have “had no contact with Mr. Pierce-by phone, e-mail, or otherwise-since Monday, August 23, 2021,” when he appeared in D.C. court for a hearing in the case of Capitol riot defendant Jeremiah Caplinger.
Prosecutors warned a judge that Pierce associate Ryan Marshall — who has been appearing in Pierce’s absence over the past week — “is not a licensed attorney.” Hundreds of people are charged with being part of a mob of supporters of then-President Trump who besieged the Capitol complex to oppose the confirmation of Joe Biden as president.
John Pierce, the MAGA-sympathizing lawyer and anti-vaxxer representing scores of defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, has finally reemerged in court after mysteriously disappearing from public view for weeks amid a purported bout of COVID.
After disappearing for more than two weeks in the most bizarre circumstances, MAGA attorney John Pierce told a judge on Wednesday he’s “good to go.”
Pierce, however, wrote Wednesday that Marshall was doing the best he could “under immensely difficult circumstances with the limited information he had at the time”— and slammed feds for critiquing the young associate.
It triggered a confusing series of events: a few hours later, a purported colleague of Pierce’s said he was actually in the hospital for “dehydration and exhaustion, ” then Marshall claimed Pierce had been in some sort of accident. Another person close to Pierce said he was hospitalized but was not on a ventilator.
Since “Pierce is unavailable and Mr . Marshall cannot ethically or legally represent Mr. Pierce’s clients, the government is making the Court aware of Mr. Pierce’s reported illness so that it can take any steps it believes necessary to ensure the defendant’s rights are adequately protected while Mr. Pierce remains hospitalized,” Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips said in the Aug. 30 filing, noting that Marshall had also provided conflicting information about Pierce’s situation.
Despite all the mystery, Pierce seems to be ready to once again represent his stable of accused rioters. Baez, who was charged after allegedly posting Instagram videos of herself inside the Capitol, told Faruqui she was “completely comfortable and very happy” with Pierce.
Lawyer John Pierce, who was fighting for Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teen accused of fatally shooting two Black Lives Matter protesters in Wisconsin and wounding a third, filed a motion to withdraw from the case just hours after prosecutors raised ethical concerns about him.
According to Daily Beast, Pierce founded Pierce Bainbridge as a boutique litigation firm in January 2017. As per the report, Pierce funded at least some part of the firm’s expansion with millions of dollars from Pravati Capital, a niche lender that offers startup funding for law firms. The firm also represented Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and several high profile people like Rudy Giuliani and former Trump adviser Carter Page.
As per the report, Pierce has even worked to help secure the $2 million bail for Rittenhouse. However, prosecutors have increasingly become critical of Pierce’s frequent out-of-court testimonials and fundraising efforts.