Peter ticktin biography

One of the attorneys behind Donald Trump's lawsuit against Hillary Clinton claiming her team attempted to rig the 2016 election in their favor was previously suspended from practicing law and wrote a fawning book about the former president.

Peter Ticktin, of the Florida-based Ticktin Law Group, is listed as the lead attorney in the case, which alleges that Clinton orchestrated an "unthinkable plot" to claim Trump colluded with Russia in order to tarnish his chances of winning the election.

The suit, filed in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida, accuses the Clinton campaign of "racketeering" and a "conspiracy to commit injurious falsehood" and is seeking $72 million in damages over what it claims was a "fraudulent scheme to discredit and delegitimize" Trump.

As reported by legal news website Law&Crime, Ticktin, a former classmate of Trump, was suspended from practicing law in 2009 after being found to have engaged in professional misconduct by the Florida