From 1983 until Kunstler 's death in 1995 , Ron Kuby was his junior partner . The two took on controversial civil rights and criminal cases , including cases where they represented Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman , head of the Egyptian-based terrorist group Gama'a al-Islamiyah , responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing ; Colin Ferguson , the man responsible for the 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting , who would later reject Kuby & Kunstler 's legal counsel and choose to represent himself at trial ; Qubilah Shabazz , the daughter of Malcolm X , accused of plotting to murder Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam ; Glenn Harris , a New York City public school teacher who absconded with a fifteen-year-old girl for two months ; Nico Minardos , a flamboyant actor indicted by Rudy Giuliani for conspiracy to ship arms to Iran ; Darrell Cabey , one of the persons shot by Bernard Goetz ; and associates of the Gambino crime family
1993 World Trade Center bombing
1993 World Trade Center bombing
William Kunstler