Before the first trial, the prosecutor, Vinegrad, had informed Judge Nickerson that Stephen Worth's firm had a contract to represent the police union, the P.B.A.
Her husband, Jeffrey, works for the lobbying firm Black, Kelly, Scruggs & Healey, which once handled a State Department contract to represent the Iraqi National Congress.
There will be competitive tendering for a new generation of solicitors' contracts to represent defendants in police stations and magistrates courts.
Competitive tendering for a new generation of contracts to represent defendants in police stations and magistrates courts is the most immediate threat for solicitors.
The company says the seemingly damning documents were "fabricated" and plays down its relationship with Mr Cilins, saying he never signed a formal contract to represent the firm.
Neuberger's forthright comments come in response to proposals from the justice secretary, Chris Grayling, to introduce price-competitive tendering in contracts to represent defendants during criminal trials, restrict legal aid and make it harder to bring judicial review challenges.
Parsons, the only company to bid on the project, had close ties to several well-connected Republicans and gave Carl Golden, Mrs. Whitman's former communications director, a multimillion-dollar contract to represent the company in the State House as a lobbyist.
