Geoffrey Fieger, left, and Gerry Spence listen during a news conference in Southfield, Mich., Tuesday, Aug. 28 2007. Fieger is accused of submitting $127,000 in illegal contributions to the 2004 presidential campaign of fellow Democrat John Edwards. The indictment claims Fieger, 56, of Bloomfield Hills, and his law partner Vernon (Ven) Johnson recruited 60 people, known as straw donors, to make contributions in the then-maximum allowable amount of $2,000 per donor to the campaign of Edwards, a former trial lawyer. The contributions actually came from Fieger's firm, the indictment says.
Geoffrey Fieger speaks to the media in Southfield, Mich., Tuesday, Aug. 28 2007. Fieger is accused of submitting $127,000 in illegal contributions to the 2004 presidential campaign of fellow Democrat John Edwards. The indictment claims Fieger, 56, of Bloomfield Hills, and his law partner Vernon (Ven) Johnson, 45, of Birmingham, recruited 60 people, known as straw donors, to make contributions in the then-maximum allowable amount of $2,000 per donor to the campaign of Edwards, a former trial lawyer. The contributions actually came from Fieger's firm, the indictment says.
Attorney Geoffrey Fieger is shown in Southfield, Mich., in this Nov. 15, 2005, file photo. The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007 declined to hear Fieger's appeal of a reprimand imposed by the Michigan Supreme Court for his vulgar comments about state judges. Fieger, of Southfield, had argued that he had a First Amendment right to use radio appearances to criticize the appellate judges who overturned a $15 million medical malpractice judgment he had won.
Attorney Geoffrey Fieger makes a statement in his office in Southfield, Mich., in this Nov. 15, 2005 file photo. Fieger, best known for representing assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, was indicted on charges of conspiring to make more than $125,000 in illegal contributions to the 2004 presidential campaign of Democrat John Edwards. The indictment was returned Tuesday and unsealed Friday. It names both Fieger and Vernon Johnson, a partner in Fieger's Southfield-based law firm.
Attorney Mayer "Mike" Morganroth is seen in his office in Southfield, Mich., Friday, May 25, 2007. Attorney Geoffrey Fieger made national headlines convincing juries that assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian shouldn't be punished for helping others die. But it was attorney Morganroth who plotted strategy with Fieger and who will be at Kevorkian's side when the 79-year-old retired pathologist walks out of Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Mich., on Friday, June 1, 2007.
Attorney Mayer Morganroth is seen in his office in Southfield, Mich., Friday, May 25, 2007. Attorney Geoffrey Fieger made national headlines convincing juries that assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian shouldn't be punished for helping others die. But it was attorney Morganroth who plotted strategy with Fieger and who will be at Kevorkian's side when the 79-year-old retired pathologist walks out of Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Mich., on Friday, June 1, 2007.