Bruno Mancari, brother of a well known suburban Chicago auto dealer, was tried in Cook County Court in 2003 for allegedly murdering 18 years previously a boyhood friend who prosecutors charged was involved in an illegal business operation with Mr. Mancari.
The firm headed a four-lawyer team defending Mr. Mancari. During a week-long trial one prosecution witness changed his testimony and another refused to testify at all. In what Time Magazine later called “a verdict that stunned some court observers,” Mr. Mancari was acquitted by the jury on all charges.