David Wildstein lawyer Alan Zegas the one who ‘could topple Christie’
By NJ.com
Sunday, February 23, 2014 7:20 EST
TRENTON --- In 2008, U.S. Attorney Chris Christie was on a tear. His office had won federal corruption convictions against more than 100 New Jersey public officials, and in April, he added a crown jewel with a guilty verdict against Democratic Newark Mayor Sharpe James.
But during sentencing, the boastful Christie was handed a rare rebuke. His office was seeking nearly 20 years in prison for James, who had illegally steered land to his mistress. The federal judge, William Martini, lit into prosecutors for asking for the sentence, calling it “an extreme injustice.”
From the front row, Christie shook his head in apparent disgust. Martini said he would not be “intimidated.” And across the room, soaking it all in from the defense table, was one of the state’s most prominent criminal lawyers: Alan Zegas.
“We felt vindicated by the judge’s comments because it seemed politics did, to some degree, drive the case,” Zegas, 61, said in a recent interview with The Star-Ledger, noting Christie was then the favored Republican prospect for governor.
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Chops licking!
Our Buddy, Alan Zegas~
From your link, DV..
"And Christie will find no comfort in Zegas, who has battled him in court, accused him of playing politics with criminal prosecutions and written scathing op-eds about his attacks on judicial independence, once comparing him to King George III of England.
“I don’t know Mr. Wildstein, but he seems wily, so it’s possible he was sending a message to the governor, that I’m going to choose someone you might not like,” said Nancy Erika Smith, an employment lawyer and friend of Zegas. “Sometimes lawyers just act and don’t think. Alan plays chess.”
another snip.. okay I'm sold!
"Friends described him as principled, brainy and kind, a “renaissance lawyer” who can impress not just with his knowledge of the law, but also his piano skills, professional photography, marathon runs in New York City and the countless biographies he’s read."
You got a real good juicy bit of news here, DonViejo!
Except the triangle should be coming out his nose. Sorry I can't help myself. 