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...Asked why he would take Blagojevich's case - given that the two-term governor reportedly owes another law firm upwards of $2 million, was denied by the Illinois Attorney General state funds to pay for the impeachment hearings and is facing the prospect of having his campaign fund frozen by the feds - Genson was his usual mischievous self. "I take the cases that are fun," he said. As best-selling author and famed lawyer Scott Turow put it in an e-mail to TIME, "He is a great lawyer who would have been almost as good as a circus ringmaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blagojevich's Lawyer: Taking the 'Unwinnable' Cases | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

...that there were no clear standards to govern the proceedings. At one point, a member suggested, "You really should go back to criminal-law school." Genson quickly retorted, "Well, I have been doing it for 44 years, and maybe you should go back to law school." When asked why Blagojevich wasn't at the proceedings to field questions, Genson said of the impeachment hearings, "This is Alice in Wonderland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blagojevich's Lawyer: Taking the 'Unwinnable' Cases | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

...Though he has yet to file anything in federal court - no indictment has actually been returned against Blagojevich - Genson did hint at part of his strategy in Springfield on Thursday, saying the wiretaps that make up the bulk of the more salacious charges facing the governor were illegal. The evidence gathered in the taps, he said, was "illegally obtained" and should not be considered. He has also argued that all Blagojevich was doing was talking, not committing a crime. (Read TIME's top 10 political lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blagojevich's Lawyer: Taking the 'Unwinnable' Cases | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

...convicted of having sex with an underage volunteer. Another was Scott Fawell, former governor George Ryan's chief of staff and political headhunter, who was sent to federal prison (and has since been released) after being convicted of racketeering and other federal charges. At the corruption trial of Ryan, Blagojevich's predecessor, Genson represented Ryan's co-defendant, Lawrence Warner, who is in a Colorado federal penitentiary with a projected release date of October 2009. (Ryan, who was also convicted, is seeking a pardon from President Bush.) More recently, Genson advocated unsuccessfully for Conrad Black, the disgraced media baron accused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blagojevich's Lawyer: Taking the 'Unwinnable' Cases | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

...online publication the Beachwood Reporter, who did an extensive profile of Genson for Chicago magazine in 2005. "Genson will try every last thing, and he's right for people who just decide that they're not going to give in." In other words, he's just right for Rod Blagojevich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blagojevich's Lawyer: Taking the 'Unwinnable' Cases | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

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