Eric Adams calls on Elon Musk’s favorite lawyer, Alex Spiro

To fight the allegations against him, Adams has hired controversial and powerful attorney Alex Spiro, according to Bloomberg, Politico and The New York Times.

Spiro, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, also represents Adams in a sexual assault lawsuit filed against the mayor earlier this year, according to The New York Times.

The 41-year-old celebrity attorney has also represented hip-hop mogul Jay-Z, rapper Megan Thee Stallion, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and rapper-entrepreneur Kanye West.

But Spiro is perhaps best known for representing the richest man in the world: Tesla billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

Spiro has defended Musk in a number of cases, including during Musk’s $44 billion takeover of social media platform Twitter, now called X.

Spiro first sued Musk in a 2018 lawsuit in which Musk was accused of defaming a man online whom he called a “pedo guy.”

The tenacious litigator is also known for his love of attention, abrasive style and sharp defense approach, people who know him previously told Business Insider.

“A client who comes to Alex knows you’re going to get the truth. You’re going to get it,” Randy Zelin, a white-collar defense attorney who had Spiro speak to his students at Cornell Law School, previously told Business Insider. . “Alex is going to tell you, me, or anyone else to screw themselves if I don’t agree.”

Zelin added that while some lawyers would stab you in the back, Spiro would “stab me in the chest.”

Alex Spiro did not immediately return calls and messages seeking comment from BI, nor did city representatives for Adams.