EditorialLaura Menninger, a defense lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell, leaves the federal courthouse in Manhattan, on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, where after more than five days of jury deliberations, Maxwell was convicted of conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein for over a decade to recruit, groom and sexually abuse underage girls. (Sarah Blesener/The New York Times)
EditorialJeffrey Pagliuca, left, and Laura Menninger, lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, arrive at the U.S. Courthouse where jury deliberations continue in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial, in Manhattan on Dec. 22, 2021. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialJeffrey Pagliuca, left, and Laura Menninger, lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, enter the U.S. Courthouse where Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial continues in Manhattan on Dec. 21, 2021. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialLaura Menninger, attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell, arrives at federal court for another day in the former socialite?s trial in New York, Dec. 9, 2021. (Stephanie Keith/The New York Times)
EditorialLaura Menninger, center, and Jeffrey Pagliuca, right, lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, enter the U.S. Courthouse where Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial continues in Manhattan, Dec. 10, 2021. (Stephanie Keith/The New York Times)
EditorialLaura Menninger, left, and Jeffrey Pagliuca, attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell, arrive for court in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, where the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking trial continues. (Stephanie Keith/The New York Times)
EditorialLaura Menninger, center, and Jeffrey Pagliuca, lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, arrive for Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial at the U.S. Courthouse in Lower Manhattan on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (Stephanie Keith/The New York Times)
EditorialJeffrey S. Pagliuca and Laura A. Menninger, lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, arrive for Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial at the U.S. Courthouse in Lower Manhattan, Dec. 3, 2021. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialJeffrey S. Pagliuca, left, and Laura A. Menninger, left, lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, arrive for Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial at the U.S. Courthouse in Lower Manhattan, Dec. 3, 2021 (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialJeffrey S. Pagliuca, left, and Laura A. Menninger, second from right, lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, arrive for Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial at the U.S. Courthouse in Lower Manhattan, Dec. 2, 2021. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialDefense attorneys Laura Menninger, far left, and Jeffrey Pagliuca, far right, arrive for court in Lower Manhattan for Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialDefense attorneys Laura Menninger, left, and Jeffrey Pagliuca, arrive for court in Lower Manhattan for Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialLaura Menninger, left, and Jeffrey Pagliuca, right, lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, arrive at Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in Lower Manhattan on the first day of Maxwell's trial, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialDefense attorneys Laura Menninger, left, and Jeffrey Pagliuca, center, arrive at Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in Lower Manhattan on the first day of Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialIsabel Maxwell leaves a court where her sister Ghislaine pleaded not guilty on Friday to new charges of sex trafficking for her former boyfriend, Jeffrey Epstein.