Kristoph Gavin

Kristoph Gavin is a respected defense attorney and the man who taught Apollo Justice everything he knows about the courtroom. He first appears in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney as the protagonist's boss and mentor, just like how Mia Fey was to the game's first defendant, Phoenix Wright. He has a younger brother, Klavier, who is the main prosecutor of the game.

Name
His name is spelled as if it was German.

Background
Seven years prior to the fourth game, Kristoph Gavin was just a rookie defense attorney. He met with a magician named Zack and offered to become his lawyer, but only if he could beat Zack in a game of poker. Kristoph lost the game and was replaced by legendary criminal defense attorney Phoenix Wright, who was known to turn things around despite the odds.

Kristoph was furious with this outcome, so he decided to forge evidence to make sure he could have his revenge on the two men. He asked a painter to forge a page from a magician's journal and told his younger brother about the forgery ahead of time.