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Saturday, April 04, 2009
Courts - Big name lawyers in Helio Castroneves federal tax evasion case
The ILB has been reading about the trial in the Indianapolis Star - see ILB entry from Oct. 4, 2008 here -- but was surprised yesterday to learn this information from The Blog of Legal Times:
The defense in the tax evasion case against Indy Racing League driver Helio Castroneves, his sister, and his lawyer is expected to rest on Monday. That means the first—and perhaps last—chance to see two famed advocates in court together ends soon: Robert Bennett, a D.C. partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Roy Black, a name partner at Miami’s Black Srebnick Kornspan & Strumpf, have been sharing defense duties.Bennett, who is representing the lawyer Alan Miller, earned national fame for defending President Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones case. More recently, he cut a deal for then-New York Times reporter Judith Miller in the Valerie Plame leak investigation.
Black is representing Castroneves, a two-time Indy 500 champ and past winner of TV's "Dancing With the Stars" competition, and his sister-business manager Katiucia Castroneves. Among other high-profile work, Black orchestrated the deal for conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh to avoid doctor shopping charges.
The two men lead a team that includes at least nine other named attorneys.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 4, 2009 04:11 PM
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