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Among the most experienced courtroom foes of Islamist militants in the country, he is also quite versed in the scriptures they claim as justification, said Cohen, who has watched Fitzgerald, a graduate of a Jesuit high school, engage his clients in discussions of the Koran.

Ruthless in his pursuit of criminals, he once went to considerable trouble to adopt a cat.

"He's a prankster and a practical joker," said Seymour, who now practices law in New York, recalling an occasion where he drafted a fake judge's opinion denying a key motion and had it delivered to a colleague. "But he's also brilliant. When he's trying a complicated case, there's no detail he can't recall."