CHICAGO – Rod Blagojevich's defense attorney could find himself behind bars even as he works to keep his client out of prison. Sam Adam Jr. faced that dilemma before presenting his closing ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Rod Blagojevich's defense attorneys have officially taken the first step toward an appeal of the former governor's conviction on 18 corruption counts. In a filing Tuesday evening ...

Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. Rod Blagojevich's defense attorney could find himself behind bars even as he works to keep his client out of prison.

Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife have assembled a formidable team of eight lawyers assisting in their ... joined former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s legal team before he was given a 14-year term in ...

Rod Blagojevich’s defense attorney clashed with the judge Monday over his planned closing arguments, pledging to go to jail if he is prohibited from telling jurors about witnesses that ...

Rod Blagojevich's retrial ... the defense team has been pared down to two attorneys and a paralegal. Defense attorneys noted that there were more than a dozen lawyers working on the case at ...

The fund former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has been using to pay his defense lawyers is officially gone. After his arrest on Dec. 9, 2008, the fund, originally established to support his ...

Rod Blagojevich shifts to the defense team this week ... “He’s not going to have lawyers who said it’s OK to withhold government benefits until you get a campaign contribution,” Alschuler ...

Defense attorneys for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich say they will put on a defense. Blagoejevich’s attorneys will start their defense Monday and they told judge James Zagel that it ...

By THR Staff After all his claims of innocence and facing years in prison, Rod Blagojevich let ... not believe a suggestion made by defense attorneys that Blagojevich was duped by aides and ...

Disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Saturday spent four hours hunkered down with a top Chicago defense lawyer who represented R&B singer R. Kelly and newspaper tycoon Conrad Black.

Rod Blagojevich met with a renowned Chicago ... Let me see if I can get you a better deal,' " said Steve Cron, a defense lawyer from Santa Monica. Others suggested that his lingering refusal ...