Ed Genson

R. Kelly's Lawyers May Become Blagojevich's Legal Team

AP | Posted 06.11.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO (AP) -- A father-and-son team of lawyers whose courtroom theatrics captured the spotlight at the trial of R&B singer R. Kelly hinted Monday th...

Blagojevich Loses His Lawyer, Again

Chicago Tribune | Jeff Coen and John Chase | Posted 05.05.2009 | Chicago


Blagojevich lost a leading criminal-defense lawyer for the second time since his December arrest, as veteran attorney Terence Gillespie said he was bo...

Blagojevich Looking For New Lawyers As Indictment Looms

AP | Mike Robinson | Posted 03.13.2009 | Chicago


Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is still forming his legal defense team with no certainty about who will lead it two months after his arrest on fraud and ...

Blagojevich Lawyer: Media Blitz Didn't Hurt Him

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 03.05.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — Now that he's been ousted from the governor's office, Rod Blagojevich is pinning his hopes of staying out of prison on a father-and-so...

Blagojevich's Lead Attorney To Resign (VIDEO)

AP (HuffPost Contributing) | Posted 02.23.2009 | Chicago


Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lead attorney said Friday that he plans to resign from the impeached governor's criminal case. "I have practiced law for 44 ye...

Blagojevich Lawyer Expects Senate To Convict Governor

Chicago Tribune | Ray Long | Posted 02.22.2009 | Chicago


Gov. Rod Blagojevich's criminal defense attorney Edward Genson said today that he expects the governor to be convicted and removed from office at next...

Blagojevich's Lawyer Ed Genson Off Impeachment Trial

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 02.16.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — Ten days before the impeachment trial that could cost Gov. Rod Blagojevich his office, his team of defense lawyers said Friday they ha...

Conrad Black Defends Blagojevich, Calls Fitzgerald Chicago's Torquemada

National Post | Conrad Black | Posted 02.12.2009 | Chicago


Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich -- who was impeached on Friday by the Illinois House of Representatives -- has become America's anti-heroic poster b...

Blagojevich Wants US Attorney Fitzgerald Removed From His Case

AP | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — Gov. Rod Blagojevich's defense attorneys have asked a federal judge to throw U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and all his assistants o...

Blagojevich Impeachment Panel May Not Hear Full FBI Wiretaps

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 02.06.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — Members of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment panel say they will move forward despite the possibility that they might not get to hear...

Embattled Blagojevich Finds Allies Hard To Come By

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 02.04.2009 | Chicago


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich doesn't have many friends these days, particularly among the lawmakers who will decide whether...

Blagojevich Lawyer Says Impeachment Not Justified, Panel Biased

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 01.29.2009 | Chicago


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lawyer said Monday that a vague array of charges and evidence doesn't merit removing the governor fro...

Fitzgerald Asks Blago Impeachment Panel Not To Subpoena Obama Aides

Associated Press | Caryn Rousseau | Posted 01.27.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO -- The Illinois House committee investigating a possible impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich won't subpoena two incoming White House advisers,...

Blagojevich Lawyers Want Emanuel, Jarrett And Jackson Jr. To Testify At Impeachment Hearings

CBS 2 | Posted 01.24.2009 | Chicago


In a dramatic development in the ongoing impeachment proceedings, lawyers for Gov. Rod Blagojevich want two key aides to President-elect Barack Obama ...

Obama Report Has Little Bearing On Blagojevich Prosecution

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 01.23.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — A report that says President-elect Barack Obama or his staff never discussed a deal with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill Obama's...

Blagojevich Previews Legal Defense Strategy

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 01.19.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — A combative Gov. Rod Blagojevich served notice Friday that he has no intention of quitting over his corruption arrest, declaring: "I w...

Case Against Blagojevich 'Weak,' Media On 'Witch Hunt': Lawyer (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago


Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lead attorney described the case against his client as a "fairytale" and said the press is on a "witch hunt" in an interview wi...

Attorney General: State Won't Pay For Blagojevich's Legal Defense

AP | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has rejected a request that the state pay for Gov. Rod Blagojevich's legal defense. Under Illi...

Blagojevich Impeachment Panel Calling First Witnesses

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers could be forced to build their impeachment case against Gov. Rod Blagojevich on a raft of relatively smal...

Blagojevich To Taxpayers: Pay My Bill

Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago


SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich wants taxpayers to pay for the high-profile defense lawyer he hired to represent him in state lawmakers impeachment...

Blagojevich Attorney Challenges Impeachment Panel

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday denied an effort to remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich, rejecting what could have been the ...

Lawyer: Blagojevich Won't Resign, 'We're Going To Fight This Case' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.16.2009 | Chicago


The attorney for embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Monday night that Blagojevich is not planning to resign. "He's not stepping aside," Ed Genson t...

Blagojevich Fighting Growing Impeachment Threat

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 01.16.2009 | Chicago


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Republicans have launched a political ad campaign demanding a special election to fill the Senate vacancy that Gov....

Blagojevich Attorney Genson: 'It's Going To Be A Fight'

ABC News | Posted 01.15.2009 | Chicago


ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports from Chicago: Chicago defense attorney Ed Genson, who met with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich twice this weekend and wh...

Ed Genson: Blagojevich Lawyer Dubbed The 'Devils' Advocate'

Chicago Magazine | Steve Rhodes | Posted 01.15.2009 | Chicago


To people accused of doing bad things--embezzling millions, bribing judges, putting a bullet in someone's head--Ed Genson may be the go-to lawyer in t...