Musk’s Go-To Lawyer Gives Limited Testimony: California Brief

March 11, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC

Alex Spiro Limited to 15 Minutes on Stand

Alex Spiro in 2023.
Alex Spiro in 2023.
Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Elon Musk’s top attorney, Alex Spiro, took the stand as a witness Tuesday for a few minutes, after Judge Charles R. Breyer significantly limited what Spiro could say to the jury in a trial over Musk’s turbulent 2022 Twitter acquisition, Isaiah Poritz reports.

The celebrity lawyer of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has a long record of defending the billionaire tech mogul in cases around the country, including when Twitter sued Musk in Delaware to force him to follow through on his $44 billion purchase agreement.

“There is no question he is ...

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