Career
Born in the United States. state of Georgia, Duncan went to Tulane University for undergrad and earned his law degree from George Washington University in Washington, District of Columbia Alongside Jamison Firestone, Duncan moved to Moscow to establish the law firm & Associates, which employed Russian accountant and auditor Sergey Magnitsky. Duncan was killed on October 3, 1993 near television center Ostankino by a ballistic gunshot wound of the head
He had gone to the television center with demonstrators and couldn"t easily leave the area. One after another, he rescued wounded people from the zone of gunfire and returned again under bullets, demonstrating extraordinary heroism.
According to Russian sources, he has rescued 12 people.
After the shooting his body was carried away by soldiers of a special unit from the television center building to Argunskaya street. There are several eyewitnesses to the shooting, as well as video and photographic footage. The name of the law firm that Duncan co-created, "", resurfaced in the news after the death of its auditor Sergey Magnitsky in 2009.