Trump Taps Personal Lawyer Alina Habba as White House Counselor

President-elect Donald Trump announced that his personal lawyer Alina Habba will join his White House team and serve as counselor to the president.

“She has been unwavering in her loyalty, and unmatched in her resolve —standing with me through numerous ‘trials,’ battles and countless days in Court,” he said in a statement Sunday.

Habba has risen in prominence among Trump’s legal circle, becoming one of his most high-profile lawyers and his frequent defender on television.

The 40-year-old managing partner of Habba Madaio & Associates LLP represented him in a series of legal challenges, including in a defamation lawsuit from a ...