Richard Egan

Background

About Richard Egan

Richard Egan qualified in 1990 and has been working in criminal law in London ever since. Richard developed a reputation for excellence and throughout his career and has been instructed in some of the most serious criminal cases to come before the courts. Richard was voted Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year when defending the man wrongly accused of training the 9/11 pilots against attempted extradition to the United States. He also acted for defendants accused of conspiracy to murder in the transatlantic airline ‘liquid bomb’ plot and the lead defendant accused of attempted murder in the London/Glasgow bomb plots. Richard was a senior partner at Tuckers solicitors for many years but left to set up Egan Meyer Ltd with his business partner Jim Meyer dealing with private clients in need of advice and assistance when facing criminal allegations. He has had a successful practice in defending many high profile clients. He is on retainer for a leading London Premier League football club and he recently represented Cristiano Ronaldo in an allegation of common assault and criminal damage securing a caution after making representations to the police. Richard is regularly instructed in extremely serious and high profile cases requiring media management and has significant experience in dealing with the additional burdens that close media scrutiny may present. His work has been profiled in The Times, The Daily Mail and The Guardian newspapers.