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Why Isn’t Dan Webb Representing Illinois Governor Blagojevich in Current Legal Mess?

By Martha Neil, American Bar Association

As a stunning federal corruption case was unveiled this week against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, many wondered why he is being represented by a well-regarded Chicago attorney rather than a nationally known big-name white-collar criminal defense lawyer such as, say, Winston & Strawn’s Dan Webb.

The answer to that question may now be clear: According to the Wall Street Journal, Winston & Strawn stopped representing Blagojevich after he failed to pay some $500,000 in legal fees.

“Earlier this year, Mr. Blagojevich, strapped for cash and burdened by a years-long federal investigation into his administration, stopped paying a portion of the millions of dollars in legal fees owed to the law firm Winston & Strawn,” the newspaper writes, citing as sources unnamed “people familiar with the matter.”

Both the governor and his counsel declined to comment, the article states.

Full post as published by Kevin Hickey Law Blog on December 13, 2008 (boomark / email).