Sydney-based lawyer Zali Burrows will defend Lehrmann, who is accused of raping a woman twice in October 2021

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Former Liberal party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has changed solicitors months before he is expected to stand trial accused of two counts of rape.

Sydney-based lawyer Zali Burrows said on Monday that she was now acting for Lehrmann in the Queensland district court at Toowoomba.

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