It should be noted that there’s some issues with what the exact figure the NRA paid Bill Brewer’s law firm. Some say it’s $200million, that seems to be the most commonly reported number, yet, people quietly say it was $300million, while at the time of ending his firm’s representation of the NRA he was paid an additional $100million, making the total $400million.
Confused on the EXACT number? Yup, me too. But given the lack of transparency at the NRA for decades, I’m naturally inclined to believe the worst.
The following win/loss record was complied by NRA Director Dennis Fusaro, which, to my surprise, doesn’t seem to have been posted anywhere, so now, it’s being posted. Every gun owner, NRA member or not, should read this.
“People,
There is an argument for competent legal assistance even if the attorney in question is ideologically opposed to you or may be carrying out a family feud – a personal one not the TV game show. Of course Noah Peters and Sarah Rogers are now part of President Trump’s administration so there is that counter to the Obama-Clinton-O’Rouke donating political agenda of Texas lawyer William A. Brewer. But he is simply a lousy lawyer. And he’s at a minimum the moral equivalent of a grifter, probably the biggest one among the many grifters in recent NRA history.
Please review the following historical timeline embedded below and attached.
Sincerely,
Dennis Fusaro
NRA BoD, Middletown, VA
Molon Labe
Brewer, Attorneys and Losers
2019
NRA sues Oliver North, over whether it must pay his legal fees in connection with Congressional investigations of NRA. Brewer wins. WIN (a very small one)
New York subpoenas Oliver North for an interview. The Brewer firm sues NY, arguing NRA is entitled to sit in on the interview. The court denies Brewer’s demand. LOSS
New York subpoenas Ackerman McQueen documents, the Brewer law firm insists NRA has the right to first inspect the documents and withhold privileged ones. NY sues and wins. LOSS
2020
Brewer sues to stop the NY Attorney General from getting Ackerman and McQueen’s records, saying such release would violate the nondisclosure clause of the NRA-AM contract. The court finds the nondisclosure clause is legally void. LOSS
Brewer firm files and loses NRA v. Cuomo, a Second Amendment suit challenging NY’s Covid shutdown of gun stores. The court finds Brewer didn’t properly plead the case. LOSS
New York files NY v. NRA, against NRA, LaPierre, Phillips and two others. Brewer firm moves to dismiss, which court denies. LOSS
Brewer files NRA v. Oliver North, seeking a judgment declaring that NRA has the right to purge North from the board. Over Brewer’s objection, the court stays the suit until NY v. NRA is finished. Col. North’s term in office expires before that happens, case is moot. LOSS
NY’s regulatory action over CarryGuard insurancesettles, withNRA agreeing to pay a $2.5 million fine. and not to sell insurance in NY for 5 years MULTIMILLION LOSS
2021
Brewer has to dismiss a Federal civil rights lawsuit against New York AG Leticia James, claiming selective enforcement, a political vendetta, etc. LOSS
Former NRA-ILA head Chris Cox, had a severance agreement which LaPierre refused to honor. The issue went to arbitration and Cox won. LOSS
Brewer sues the arbitrator and Cox’s attorneys, loses, appeals, and loses again. LOSS
Federal multi-district litigation. Brewer applied to the court that handles complex multi-district litigation, asking it to consolidate all NRA lawsuits into one. The court refuses. LOSS
Bankruptcy Case. A complete legal disaster that should never have been filed. The judge dismissed it, saying that if NRA ever comes back, there were many things he’d want to investigate, including the attorneys. LOSS, NO, A MULTIMILLION DISASTER
The NY Attorney General subpoenas the Chris Cox arbitration file. Brewer objects that it is confidential. The court orders it given up. LOSS
Federal Lawsuit, Ackerman McQueen v. NRA. Ackerman wanted to be paid for breach of its NRA contract, NRA claimed Ackerman had done it wrong. After 600 pleadings were filed, the Brewer firm settles the case, the board is told the settlement was confidential. It was later disclosed that NRA paid Ackerman $12.5 million. MULTIMILLION LOSS
Under Wild Skies, a PR firm, had a $17 million contract with NRA, and sued for its breach. Brewer opposed and counterclaimed. A jury awarded UWS $550,000. The Brewer firm appealed and lost again, (So did UWS, asking for $17 million). In 2025 the Virginia Supreme Court accepted UWS’s appeal, no ruling yet. LOSS, AND IT MAY BECOME MULTIMILLION
2023
Brewer files another suit against Ackerman McQueen, this time claiming it leaked the “secret” settlement in the last suit. For a time, Brewer manages to keep this lawsuit entirely secret and sealed. But the Brewer firm screws up, and itself allows the secret settlement to become posted on the court’s internet page. LOSS
After losing its appeal, NRA finally pays Chris Cox his $2 million. It also pays his attorneys’ fees of $3.7 million, and paid the Brewer firm $7-8 million for the case. Brewer’s failed effort to deny Cox his $2 million cost NRA a total of $13-14 million. MULTIMILLION LOSS
A federal court refuses to allow NRA to intervene in an SAF case challenging the ATF’s pistol brace ban. SAF had won the case before Brewer got around to trying to intervene. The court rules NRA had filed too late. LOSS
2024
NY lawsuit, against NRA, LaPierre, Phillips, and others finally goes to trial. The jury rules for NY, ordering LaPierre and Phillips to repay NRA a total of $6 million, find NRA had violated various laws. The judge subsequently orders various reforms, but does not appoint a financial monitor. MIXED: SOME WINS, SOME LOSSES
During 2024, the Brewer firm appealed five times, and lost every single one. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
NRA wins, in the US Supreme Court, a revival of its suit against NY officials who had used official pressure to damage NRA’s business relationships. The case was argued by a skilled ACLU attorney and the brief was co-signed by (so probably written by) Prof. Eugene Volokh. WIN, BUT NOT A BREWER ONE“
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