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Ex-Bear Fund Manager Said to Hire Legal Eagle (New York Times)Veteran U.S. lawyer Brendan Sullivan is joining the defense team of indicted former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager Ralph Cioffi, Reuters reported. Mr. Sullivan, a trial attorney with law firm Williams & Connolly who has represented high-profile clients including Iran-Contra figure Oliver North, will be an addition to Mr. Cioffi’s existing defense team, the news service said.

Well-known lawyer joins ex-Bear manager's defense: source (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Veteran U.S. lawyer Brendan Sullivan is joining the defense team of indicted former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager Ralph Cioffi, a person close to the matter said on Tuesday.

Defense Team Argues DOJ Ideology Spurred Money Laundering Indictment of Miami Attorney (Law.com)Attorneys for indicted Miami attorney Ben Kuehne and two co-defendants maintain the "unprecedented" money laundering indictment is ideologically motivated by the Justice Department. At issue is a carve-out from federal anti-money laundering statutes that exempts attorneys from criminal liability in accepting defense fees. The DOJ "has been hostile to this exemption for many years and appears not ...

Holy Land Foundation Defendants Allege Court-Appointed Attorney Fees Unpaid (Law.com)Defendants in a high-profile Texas trial involving Holy Land Foundation, a now-defunct Muslim charity that federal prosecutors allege funded terrorists in the West Bank and Gaza, have filed a joint motion to postpone a retrial. The defendants allege that the 5th Circuit has not paid most of the legal fees for four of the defendants' court-appointed lawyers since October 2007 when a mistrial in ...

Interim Orleans District Attorneys wins seat on Criminal Court when lone opponent withdraws from race (New Orleans Times-Picayune)Keva Landrum-Johnson, who has served as Orleans Parish district attorney since last fall, won a seat on the Criminal Court bench Monday after her lone opponent withdrew from the Oct. 4 contest.

Mayor Kilpatrick builds huge defense team (Detroit News)At least 17 attorneys have represented Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick since 2007, when he was called to testify at a police whistle-blower trial that has led to the criminal charges against him. Kilpatrick also faces civil actions in federal and circuit courts, a City Council removal effort, possible removal by the governor and recall efforts.

Tampa lawyer tapped for federal attorney position (BizJournals)President Bush has nominated A. Brian Albritton, a litigation partner at Holland & Knight in Tampa, as U.S. Attorney of the Middle District of Florida.

Wittig lawyers seek dismissal (The Wichita Eagle) Lawyers for two former Westar Energy Inc. executives asked a federal judge Monday to dismiss the remaining criminal counts against their clients. The defense attorneys for former chief executive David Wittig and former chief strategy officer Douglas Lake argued before U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson that an appellate court ruling last year effectively prohibited prosecutors from using ...

War of words over alleged killer (The San Francisco Examiner)Federal officials and the San Francisco sheriff are at odds over who is responsible for the release from custody of an illegal immigrant with a criminal history who later allegedly shot and killed a father and two of his sons.

Ex-Westar execs seek dismissal of remaining counts (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Lawyers for two former Westar Energy Inc. executives asked a federal judge to dismiss the remaining criminal counts against their clients.