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Two more big names join Peterson defense team

Published: 4/22/2010 5:27 PM | Updated: 4/23/2010 12:17 AM

They don't have cool nicknames like "The Shark," but two other high-profile Chicago attorneys known for their aggressive courtroom styles are joining the Drew Peterson defense team.

Attorneys Steven A. Greenberg and Ralph E. Meczyk are expected to file their appearances by Monday to defend the former Bolingbrook police sergeant on charges he killed his third wife as the former couple neared a financial settlement in their divorce.

Both attorneys have handled dozens of murder trials in their lengthy legal careers.

Most notably, Meczyk defended former Chicago police officer Anthony Doyle in the landmark Family Secrets federal mob trial. And, late last year, Greenberg represented triple killer Brian Dugan for the infamous 1983 sex slaying of Jeanine Nicarico of Naperville.

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Jury selection is slated to begin June 14, but the trial may be delayed if prosecutors appeal Will Circuit Judge Stephen White's anticipated ruling regarding the admissibility of about one dozen hearsay statements.

"The passing of a law designed to convict a specific person makes this a witch hunt; that offends my sense of justice," Greenberg said of a recent hearsay law sparked by the Peterson case. "I look forward to the challenge of ensuring Drew gets a fair trial and is found not guilty."

http://dailyherald.com/story/?id=375396

**Interesting that Drew now has another "mob" attorney and one who defended someone in a very high profile Illinois case. (ie. the Nicarico case.)
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Abood, 'Shark' exchange jabs
April 17, 2010
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Andrew Abood, the Michigan attorney who bailed on Peterson Wednesday took some potshots at the Chicago lawyer who replaced him -- Joseph "the Shark" Lopez.

When push came to shove, Peterson apparently stuck with Brodsky over Lenard and Abood.

"Drew and Joel are tied to the hip and very loyal," Abood said. He also thinks Brodsky and Lopez will make a good pair.

"I am sure Joel and Joe will get along really well and that is important," he said. "Thelma and Louise got along really well too -- and I hear Joe Lopez has a nice car." "I do have a nice car," Lopez said of his Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG. "It might cost more than Abood makes all year."

Article:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/bolingbrooksun/news/2168018,4_1_JO17_ABOOD_S1-100417.article
 
'Shark' joins Drew Peterson's defense amid shakeup
April 19, 2010 12:51 p.m. EDT
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Abood said that he and Lenerd were not forced off the case, attributing the decision to leave to personality differences with Brodsky.

"Joel's a different kind of lawyer than I'm used to," he said. "He's a very good lawyer in his office and he's very knowledgeable, but to be a trial lawyer and to present a case requires a certain amount of skill and ability to think on your feet and understand issues and an ability to communicate those issues to jurors."

Brodsky, however, said it was impossible to divorce the concept of clashing personalities from trial strategy when defending a client charged with murder.

"I don't think Joel will be inviting me to any Christmas parties," Abood said.

Article:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/19/drew.peterson.lawyers/
 
Bolingbrook pond searched for remains of Stacy Peterson
April 21, 2010 6:36 PM
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A search of a Bolingbrook pond was conducted this morning by a volunteer group organized by Stacy Peterson's sister, a family spokeswoman said.

There have been no new leads as to her whereabouts, the spokeswoman said. So far, nothing has been found.

Article:
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/...d-searched-for-remains-of-stacy-peterson.html
 
Two more big names join Peterson defense team
4/22/2010 5:27 PM | Updated: 4/23/2010 12:17 AM
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They don't have cool nicknames like "The Shark," but two other high-profile Chicago attorneys known for their aggressive courtroom styles are joining the Drew Peterson defense team.

Attorneys Steven A. Greenberg and Ralph E. Meczyk are expected to file their appearances by Monday to defend the former Bolingbrook police sergeant on charges he killed his third wife as the former couple neared a financial settlement in their divorce. Both attorneys have handled dozens of murder trials in their lengthy legal careers.

Greenberg and Meczyk join lead attorney Joel Brodsky, Reem Odeh, and Joseph "The Shark" Lopez, who also was a lead attorney in the Family Secrets trial. Lopez filed an appearance last week after Andrew Abood and George Lenard withdrew, citing "irreconcilable differences" with Brodsky regarding key trial strategy issues.

Article:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=375396
 
Two Attorneys Join Drew Peterson Team
Updated: Friday, 23 Apr 2010, 8:37 AM CDT
Published : Friday, 23 Apr 2010, 8:18 AM CDT
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Attorneys Steven A. Greenberg and Ralph E. Meczyk have filed papers to join the team.

Greenberg represented Brian Dugan in the Jeanine Nicarico case. Both men also worked as lead attorneys on the Family Secrets mob trial. They're known for their aggressive styles in court.

Article:
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/drew_peterson/20100423-new-peteson-attorneys
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EXPERT: Greenberg: Peterson Prosecution Hasn't Proved Case
Updated: Friday, 23 Apr 2010, 8:35 AM CDT
Published : Friday, 23 Apr 2010, 8:35 AM CDT
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Two high profile lawyers are joining the Drew Peterson defense team, one being Attorney Steven A. Greenberg.

He joined us to tell us why he decided to join the case and discuss the Rod Blagojevich trial.

*Video Interview Included In Article!

Article:
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/good_day/20100423-greenberg-peterson
 
Drew Peterson's legal team grows
April 24, 2010
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Drew Peterson will add another pair of high-powered attorneys to his defense team. And he still has Joel Brodsky, too.

Joseph "the Shark" Lopez, the flamboyant Chicago lawyer who joined Peterson's legal stable last week, confirmed attorneys Ralph Meczyk and Steven Greenberg will be come on board next week. "He's got a real heavy team, a lot heavier than he had before," Lopez said of Peterson's reconfigured front of lawyers.

With or without McQuaid, Lopez predicted a high-pressure defense once Peterson's trial starts. "We're really going to turn up the heat in that courtroom," he said. "You ain't seen nothing yet."

Article:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/...n/2195364,4_1_JO24_PETERSON_S1-100424.article
 
Changes to Drew Peterson's defense team
Two attorneys leave citing "irreconcilable difference"
April 14, 2010
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Attorneys Andrew Abood and George Lenard cited "irreconcilable differences" with co-sounsel Joel Brodsky in their decision to withdraw from the case. But Brodsky says attorney Joseph Lopez will be joinining the legal team defending Peterson.

Video: Changes to Drew Peterson's defense team 0:26
http://www.wgntv.com/videobeta/12d1...ae4ec79/News/Changes-to-Peterson-defense-team

Article:
http://www.wgntv.com/search/wgntv-peterson-attorneys-quit-april14,0,5291637.story
 
Drew Peterson eager for trial after a year in solitary


WILL COUNTY | Jail time tough for 'very social person

May 7, 2010
HERALD NEWS
For a man who jetted to both coasts for TV appearances, entertained offers to star in reality shows and welcomed media crews to his home for photo shoots, Drew Peterson's last year has been a lonely one.
Locked up by himself for exactly a year today, the 56-year-old former Bolingbrook cop is looking forward to his murder trial, scheduled to start June 14, according to Pat Barry, a spokesman for the Will County Sheriff's Department, which houses Peterson.
PHOTO GALLERY

The Drew Peterson saga


"I think he figures he's going to get out," Barry said.
Since he was arrested for allegedly murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio, Peterson has been held in the medical wing of the county jail for his safety.
In protective custody, Peterson spends his days mostly in solitude -- except when talking to correctional officers. Peterson sees no other prisoners, Barry said.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/2246770,CST-NWS-drew07.article
 
Peterson asserts his finances are sound

May 7, 2010 1:28 PM |



Drew Peterson needs an estimated $45,000 to hire expert witnesses, including a biomechanical engineer, to help defend against first-degree murder charges as he goes to trial in June, according to documents his federal attorney filed late Thursday.

The former Bolingbrook police sergeant's finances have come under scrutiny after he filed a federal lawsuit last fall against JPMorgan Chase for freezing a $220,000 line of credit on his home shortly after his arrest on murder charges last May.


A federal judge on April 29 dismissed the complaint, ruling that Peterson's financial circumstances were altered when he was arrested on murder charges and ordered held on $20 million bond. Peterson's attorneys were allowed to file an amended complaint by Thursday.

His attorney, Walter Maksym, says Peterson now has no debts except his utility bills and has kept his home, furnishings, motorcycle and SUV.

All of Peterson's attorney fees and other legal expenses since 2009 have been paid, he said. The expense figures were provided to Chase under seal.

"He hasn't been shopping since May 7 of 2009," the day Peterson was arrested, Maksym said.

more at link................
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/05/peterson-asserts-his-finances-are-sound.html
 
Drew's Peterson's motorcycle on eBay

No takers for $50K Harley-Davidson yet
May 12, 2010

By JOE HOSEY jhosey@stmedianetwork.com



JOLIET -- A piece of the Drew Peterson -- and the Harley-Davidson -- lifestyle can be yours if you score the high bid on an eBay auction for his motorcycle.
Peterson, the serial marrier and accused wife killer now jailed on murder charges for a few days more than a year, has his prized Harley-Davidson on the Internet auction block with a starting price of $50,000.
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Drew Peterson rides his motorcycle outside his home in Bolingbrook in May 2009. Peterson is selling his prized Harley-Davidson on eBay and is asking for bids to start at $50,000.
(Sun-Times Media File)


While Peterson could use some money to cover his legal expenses, that is not the sole reason for selling the motorcycle, said his attorney, Joel Brodsky of Chicago.
"First of all, the bike's been sitting there for over a year now," said Brodsky, who has his own Harley-Davidson up for sale on eBay as well. The minimum bid for Brodsky's bike is $8,500.
"Mine's got nothing to do with money," Brodsky said of unloading his motorcycle. "I'm just getting older."


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http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/...n/2262344,4_1_JO12_PETERSON_S1-100512.article
 
Peterson motions leaked

May 18, 2010

By JOE HOSEY

Prosecutors pushed to keep evidence in the Drew Peterson case under wraps. But after the way a batch of recently filed court papers were treated, the accused killer's lawyer wants to know why they bothered. "That's pretty stupid; that's pretty bad," attorney Joel Brodsky said of descriptions printed on the sealed envelopes of seven secret court motions he filed in the past few days.


"If that's the way they're going to handle it, perhaps we should open up the whole file and let everyone see everything," Brodsky said.
Last week and Monday, Brodsky filed motions to quash the warrants used to search Peterson's home in the days after his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, vanished in October 2007, and to exhume the grave of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, who was found drowned in a dry bathtub in March 2004.


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http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/plainfieldsun/news/2285684,4_1_JO18_PETERSON_S1-100518.article
 
Judge to rule on delay of Drew Peterson trial
June 2, 2010 4:14 AM ET
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A Will County judge is set to announce his decision on whether or not he will delay the trial of a former Bolingbrook police officer charged with murder in his wife's 2004 death.

Circuit Judge Stephen White is scheduled to issue his ruling Wednesday morning. Last week, attorneys for Drew Peterson asked White to delay the June 14 start of the trial.

Lead attorney Joel Brodsky says he's asked for a delay until Aug. 23 because the prosecution proposed to call four new expert witnesses, including a neuropathologist.

Article:
http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=12579255
 
Judge Approves Drew Peterson Trial Delay
Attorneys Want More Time To Prepare
Jun 2, 2010 11:20 am
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Circuit Judge Stephen White delayed the trial in the 2004 death of Kathleen Savio during a hearing in Joliet on Wednesday. However, Peterson's attorneys are trying to determine if they're available that date and it may change. Peterson's trial was to begin June 14.

Defense attorney Joel Brodsky says he asked for a delay until Aug. 23, but the judge has said he's reluctant to go any later into the summer.

The defense wanted the delay because the prosecution proposed to call four new expert witnesses, including a neuropathologist.

Article:
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/drew.peterson.trial.2.1728345.html
 
Drew Peterson trial delayed until next month
June 2, 2010
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A Will County judge agreed to delay until next month the start of Drew Peterson&#8217;s murder trial &#8212; a much shorter postponement than was sought by the ex-cop&#8217;s attorneys.

The decision today by Judge Stephen White to set the trial for July 8 prompted defense lawyers to say the new start date could become an appeals issue if Peterson ultimately is convicted of murdering former wife Kathleen Savio.

&#8220;In the unlikely event of a conviction, it&#8217;s something we&#8217;ll look at,&#8217;&#8217; defense attorney Joel Brodsky said, describing the refusal for a longer delay as &#8220;a constitutional issue&#8217;&#8217; that has been used in other cases to justify appeals.

The new defense attorneys needed more time to study the details of the case, Brodsky said. Peterson&#8217;s defense team also needs additional time to examine the testimony expected from several new expert witnesses that prosecutors recently said they plan to call, Brodsky argued.

White, though, agreed to only a 3 1/2-week delay, ordering jury selection for the trial to begin July 8. In issuing his order, he noted that a 246-person pool from which lawyers will select jurors already has been assembled.
*More at link!

Article:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2346968,peterson-trial-delayed-060210.article
 
Neil Schori's testimony will be heard.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-peterson-20100625,0,4320546.story

On the eve of Drew Peterson's much-anticipated murder trial, a judge has ruled that a suburban pastor can testify about a counseling session in which Stacy Peterson alleged that her husband coaxed her into providing a false alibi for the weekend of his third wife's death, the Tribune has learned.

However, the jury will not hear some details of an alleged 2002 incident in which Peterson allegedly broke into the home of his third wife, Kathleen Savio; held a knife to her throat; and threatened to kill her, according to sources and comments made by defense attorney Joel Brodsky in court Thursday.

The judge's ruling on important witnesses for the state follows a landmark hearing under a new Illinois statute — dubbed Drew's Law — that allows certain types of hearsay at trial.
 
Judge wants autopsy video turned over to defense

http://dailyherald.com/story/?id=390113&src=143

A Will County judge says if a videotape of an autopsy on the body of Drew Peterson's third wife isn't turned over to defense attorneys he may not allow the famous pathologist who conducted it to testify at Peterson's murder trial next month.

On Thursday, prosecutors told Judge Stephen White about the videotape, explaining it was made surreptitiously by a television news producer during Dr. Michael Baden's 2007 autopsy of Kathleen Savio. The autopsy was conducted for Savio's family.



Noted by me:
Steph Watts has been subpoenaed to testify about the vid he filmed for Fox.
 
Drew Peterson's mouth ran for more than a year and a half after his fourth wife vanished.

All this stopped 14 months ago when he was jailed on charges he murdered his third wife. But with his eagerly anticipated trial set to start tomorrow, will Peterson's lawyers give him the chance to talk his way out of it?

Joel Brodsky, the longest-serving of Peterson's six attorneys, won't say if his client will take the stand. In fact, Brodsky is not sure who he will call to testify.

"It depends what evidence the state puts on," said Brodsky, who is trying his first-ever murder case with the eyes of the world watching.

Brodsky said he will make the first impression on the jury after it is seated, as he is tasked with the opening argument. And he claims to have some tricks up his sleeve.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/...n/2471482,4_1_JO07_PETERSON_S1-100707.article
 
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