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DURHAM -
Duke University, in its legal tangle with the son of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has an unlikely ally.Jim Cooney, a Charlotte lawyer who helped defend members of the Duke lacrosse team, is part of the defense team that Duke plans to use to fend off allegations levied in federal court by Andrew Giuliani, a rising Duke senior and former member of the golf team.Giuliani filed suit last month against Duke and O.D. Vincent, the university's head golf coach. The lawsuit alleges that Vincent trumped up misconduct charges to force him off the team and turn his teammates against him.Cooney announced his plans to represent Duke and the coach in a federal filing Monday. He will join Dixie T. Wells and J. Donald Cowan Jr. of Ellis & Winters' Greensboro office in defending the university.Giuliani, 22, is asking for financial relief, saying Duke and the coach violated a contract he entered when he agreed to come to the university and pay $200,000 in tuition and fees.Duke vowed to fight the suit.
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