Lombardo now has a new attorney, who has filed a new motion to get the 85-year-old out of prison. Now he is blaming his conviction on his trial lawyer, who is also dead.Īttorney Rick Halprin died by suicide a year ago, long after losing the Lombardo case which was part of Chicago's infamous 'Family Secrets' murder trial.
The infamous Chicago mob boss's new lawyer says that original attorney Rick Halprin was so incompetent, his conviction should be thrown out.ĬHICAGO (WLS) - Chicago mob boss Joey 'The Clown' Lombardo is in federal prison because people died.