Bram Moszkowicz
{{short description|Dutch jurist and former lawyer}}
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| birth_name = Abraham Maarten Moszkowicz
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| birth_place = Maastricht, Netherlands
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Abraham Maarten "Bram" Moszkowicz ({{IPA|nl|ˈaːbraːɦɑm ˈmaːrtə(m) brɑm ˈmɔskoːʋɪtɕ}}; born 26 June 1960) is a Dutch jurist and former lawyer.
Early life and education
Abraham Maarten Moszkowicz was born on 26 June 1960 in Maastricht in the Netherlands. He is the son of Berthe Bessant and lawyer Max Moszkowicz. He is of Jewish descent from his father's side.
He studied law in Amsterdam.
Clients and controversies
Moszkowicz had and has many famous and infamous people among his clientele, such as Dutch criminal Cor van Hout, the Surinamese military leader Dési Bouterse, diva Patty Brard, real estate magnate Willem Endstra, top criminal and gangster Willem Holleeder, politician Geert Wilders, Manchester United and Netherlands international football player Robin van Persie, the American-Dutch "Drug rehabilitation guru" and ex-TV presenter Keith Bakker{{cite web|url=http://rtvnh.nl/nieuws/56219/Keith+Bakker+aangehouden+voor+misbruik|title=Keith Bakker aangehouden voor misbruik|date=26 April 2011|publisher=RTV N-H|language=Dutch|accessdate=27 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826103845/http://rtvnh.nl/nieuws/56219/Keith+Bakker+aangehouden+voor+misbruik|archive-date=26 August 2011|url-status=dead}} as well as the former friend of Talitha van Zon, on woman trafficking.{{cite web|url=http://www.powned.tv/nieuws/binnenland/2011/08/fotomodel_libie.html|title=Aangifte tegen NL'se vriendin Kaddafi|date=26 August 2011|publisher=PowNed|language=Dutch|accessdate=26 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722042138/http://www.powned.tv/nieuws/binnenland/2011/08/fotomodel_libie.html|archive-date=July 22, 2012|url-status=dead}}
Moszkowicz resigned as lawyer for Willem Holleeder in 2007.{{Cite journal|last=Nederstigt |first=Rick |date=19 February 2007 |title=Dutch top lawyer Bram Moszkowicz gives a press conference|journal=Getty Images|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-135166996.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103013900/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-135166996.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 November 2012 |publisher=Highbeam.com}}
In 2010, it became known that Moszkowicz had evaded over one million Euro of income taxes in the period 2003–2006. The period 2007-2010 is still being investigated.{{cite web|author=door Tom Kreling |url=http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2011/07/23/moszkowicz-ontdook-minstens-miljoen-aan-belasting/ |title=Moszkowicz ontdook minstens miljoen aan belasting |publisher=nrc.nl |date=18 April 2014 |accessdate=16 April 2014}}
On 30 October 2012, it was announced that he was disbarred. His appeal was rejected on 22 April 2013, which means Moszkowicz lost the right to practice law.{{cite web |url=http://tuchtrecht.overheid.nl/uitspraak/2013/pdf/YA4171 |format=PDF |title=Uitspraak (Judicial decision regarding disbarring) |publisher=Tuchtrecht.overheid.nl |language=Dutch }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
On 21 April 2015 it was announced that Moszkowicz would become the party leader and lijsttrekker of the classical liberal party VoorNederland at the next Dutch general election, planned for 2017,[http://nos.nl/artikel/2031532-moszkowicz-voelt-zich-klaar-voor-de-politiek.html "Moszkowicz voelt zich klaar voor de politiek"] NOS.nl, 21 April 2015 but after nine months he was rejected by the party.[http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/24998632/__VNL_zet_Moszkowicz_uit_partij__.html "VNL zet Moszkowicz uit partij"] De Telegraaf. 13 January 2016
Personal life
Having been in several other relationships and already having children from an earlier marriage, he was in a relationship with former newsreader Eva Jinek.{{cite news |url= http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/6743295/__Eva_Jinek_niet_naar_Nieuwsuur__.html |title= Eva Jinek niet naar Nieuwsuur |publisher= De Telegraaf |date= May 19, 2010 |accessdate= March 31, 2012 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100522015925/http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/6743295/__Eva_Jinek_niet_naar_Nieuwsuur__.html |archivedate= May 22, 2010 }} In late October 2012 it was announced that the relationship had ceased and that they would remain friends.
Bibliography
- 2012: Liever rechtop sterven dan op je knieën leven (Rather die upright than live on your knees)
- 2013: Onkruid (Weed)
- 2014: Maffiamaat (Mafia Buddy) with Leon de Winter
References
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Bram Moszkowicz}}
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Category:20th-century Dutch lawyers
Category:21st-century Dutch lawyers