Ashleigh Merchant

Merchant was the main force behind the effort to disqualify the district attorney on the grounds that her relationship with Nathan J. Wade, the lawyer she hired to manage the Trump case, constituted a financial conflict of interest. A graduate of the University of Florida and its law school, Ms. Merchant, who represents Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign operative charged in the election interference investigation. She and her husband, John Merchant, have their own firm, and Ms. Merchant recently became president of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.