Gerry Spence represents Brandon Mayfield in Patriot Act case (Madrid)

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Famed lawyer will represent Muslim accused in bombing

Gerry Spence joins the team of Brandon Mayfield, who may sue the United States after being falsely accused in Madrid case
http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/109360777047360.xml?oregonian?lcps

"Brandon Mayfield, the Portland-area lawyer and Muslim convert wrongly accused in the deadly Madrid train bombing, has hired celebrity trial lawyer Gerry Spence in a possible civil suit against the federal government. Spence has a high-profile client list that includes former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, the family of plutonium worker Karen Silkwood and white separatist Randy Weaver.

The Wyoming-based Spence will work on the Mayfield case with a Portland civil rights lawyer, Elden Rosenthal, and a Newport lawyer, Michele Longo Eder. The attorneys, none of whom were available for comment Thursday, notified the federal court in Portland this week that they were replacing federal public defenders Steven Wax and Chris Schatz.

Mayfield, 38, has a modest West Slope law practice focusing on immigration and family law. He has not filed anything against the government but has spoken about the possibility. He did not return a call for comment Thursday.

Mayfield was arrested in May as a material witness in the Madrid bombing case after the FBI linked a fingerprint found near the scene to him. He spent two weeks in jail before the FBI acknowledged it had made a mistake and apologized to Mayfield after his release."

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I'm glad to see that he's thinking hard about going after Ashcroft and company. If he does go for it, I hope they sue before November.

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