David McMillan — 31 January 2024

One of the great defenders. Rainer fought a most difficult case in 1981-1983 in a drugs conspiracy trial that ran 6 months with 119 witnesses. Great management & supremely tolerant of my hissy fits when things did not go my way.Rainer would take the bullet for his clients which is a rare thing in the lawyering game.I'm sure others share their friendship with Rainer in the group of the rare people with who one never quite finishes a conversation and happily picks up the thread no matter if minutes just passed or years.Condolences from London, David McMillan