Arkady L. Bukh ( ; born July 25 , 1972 ) is an American criminal defense attorney . He is best known for representing Azamat Tazhayakov , a college student charged with conspiring to obstruct justice and obstructing justice with the intent to impede a terrorism investigation in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing . Tazhayakov was later convicted of both conspiracy and obstruction and justice and sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison in June 2015
Boston Marathon bombing
Boston Marathon bombing
Arkady L. Bukh