Michael Tigar

Michael Tigar
Born
Michael Edward Tigar

(1941-01-18) January 18, 1941
Glendale, California, U.S.
Other namesTig
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA, JD)

Michael Edward Tigar (born January 18, 1941, in Glendale, California) is an American criminal defense attorney known for representing controversial clients, a human rights activist and a scholar and law teacher. Tigar is an emeritus (retired) member of the Duke Law School and American University, Washington College of Law faculties. He was on the faculty of the University of Texas School of Law from 1983 to 1998, serving as the Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law for much of that time.

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