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Vick has retained prominent trial attorney Billy Martin, of the Washington, D.C.-based firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, to represent him in a potential trial stemming from indictments charging the NFL star in an alleged dog-fighting ring. Martin is a former federal prosecutor and senior official at the Department of Justice and has been in private practice for 1990.
Reported by ESPN.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Vick will hardly be the first high-profile client Martin has represented. Other high-profile professional athlete clients have included former NBA players Jayson Williams and Rod Strickland, current NBA stars Allen Iverson and Juwan Howard and boxer Riddick Bowe. Martin also represented Monica Lewinsky and her mother, along with the parents of the late congressional intern Chandra Levy and Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell (in another federal prosecution). ... Meanwhile, a growing consensus of observers continues to maintain that Falcons owner Arthur Blank will resolve the issue before Wednesday.
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