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    Jan082004

    Stewart Trial Features Powerhouse Lawyers

    DateThursday, January 8, 2004 at 12:57PM

    The trial of Martha Stewart will feature a showdown between two powerhouses of business crime litigation: a prosecutor who has helped lead the government's unprecedented attack on securities fraud and a defense lawyer who literally wrote the book on white-collar crime.

    When the trial begins Jan. 20, Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Patton Seymour and defense lawyer Robert Morvillo will provide jurors with polar-opposite portrayals of Stewart's decision to sell stock in ImClone Systems shortly before a negative government report sent its price plummeting.

    Details here from the AP via FindLaw.com.

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