Article snippet: Last week, President presidential election. Kasowitz has served as a representative for Trump "on a wide range of litigation matters for over 15 years," according to his law firm's website, both in Trump's businesses and during the presidential campaign. Kasowitz co-founded the New York City law firm now known as Kasowitz Benson Torres in 1993, after earning a reputation as a hard-hitting litigator representing big tobacco. He graduated from Yale University and Cornell Law School. His firm, formerly Kasowitz Benson Torres Friedman until partner David Friedman became Trump's pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel, represents corporations and real-estate actions and touts representing the businessman-turned-president across a number of dealings. Kasowitz Benson Torres was retained to restructure bondholder debt on Trump's casinos in 2001, sue investors over the sale of a real estate development in 2005 and pursue a defamation case over claims made in a biography of the future president in 2006, among other matters. More recently, Kasowitz was hired by the Trump campaign to push back against sexual harassment accusations made in an October New York Times article. "Your article is reckless, defamatory and constitutes libel per se," wrote Kasowitz in a letter to Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet. "It is apparent from, among other things, the timing of the article, that it is nothing more than a politically motivated effort to defeat Mr. Trump’s candid... Link to the full article to read more