The Controversial History of Trump's Lawyer Joe Tacopina.
New York City lawyer Joseph Tacopina, who has been defending former President Donald Trump on TV, has faced two lawsuits accusing him of unethical behavior and malpractice. One of his former clients, disgraced former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik, accused him of disclosing privileged communications to federal prosecutors in a separate tax evasion case brought against Kerik. Tacopina has also been accused of legal malpractice and breach of contract by an attorney who hired him to bring a potential lawsuit against her Connecticut law firm.