Johan Eriksson Elected New Chairman of the Bar Association

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Johan Eriksson Elected New Chairman of the Bar Association
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Attorney Johan Eriksson has been elected as the new chairman for the Bar Association.

”It is a great trust that I humbly shall do everything within my power to administer”, he says in a press release.

Eriksson was involved in starting the law firm Defense Lawyers, which he is a co-owner of. He has among other things defended Rakhmat Akilov after the terror attack on Drottninggatan in Stockholm.

Emil Andersson, referee and process attorney at Law Firm Delphi, has been elected as the new vice chairman for the association. In addition, the board is strengthened with nine new members.

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