OFF THE CUFF: Defense team shares pot of gold
THE DEFENSE team of ex-President Ricardo Martinelli includes a number of former government officials and members of the judiciary who have previously represented other well-heeled former leaders, facing their own legal challenges.
They are reported to be billing scores of thousands of dollars a month for their services to the billionaire supermarket owner.
La Prensa has listed some of they key players who can be certain of well filled Chitmas stockings
Rogelio Cruz was a prosecutor between 1990 and 1993 and has defended former presidents Mireya Moscoso and Ernesto Pérez Balladares.
Leonardo Paul was the second judicial district attorney and a specialist in the adversarial criminal justice system.
Cristóbal Arboleda was a superior special prosecutor.
Alma Cortés, the new acting president of the CD party, was minister of Labor during the Martinelli administration.
Carlos Carrillo has 30 years of experience in the legal profession and defended ex-president Martín Torrijos in the Cemis case.
Belgis Castro served as minister of Education in the Torrijos government.
Sidney Sitton is a specialist in immigration, corporate and labor law. He represented a number of CD members in proceedings after the 2014 elections.
Dimas Guevara was an assistant prosecutor for several years.
