The National Rifle Association and a handful of its current and former leaders, including CEO Wayne LaPierre, are in legal jeopardy, with the biggest looming threat posed by New York Attorney General Letitia James’s move to dissolve the gun group.

LaPierre, and by extension the NRA, have entrusted their welfare to outside counsel Bill Brewer, whom some NRA members and insiders accuse of helping to lead the gun group into its current crisis. Regardless of the degree to which he is culpable for the NRA’s mess, his decisions will likely affect how the situation resolves — whether with the group’s demise, an NRA victory, or, as seems most likely, a legal settlement that overhauls the organization.

As the parties file their initial motions in James’s dissolution lawsuit, I wanted to look at Brewer’s record as outside counsel and talk to members who are concerned about his influence.

—Will Van Sant, staff reporter
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