Nareg Gourjian joins Ed Chernoff and J. Michael Flanagan to defend the doctor . He replaces lawyer Joseph Low , who is leaving the team ; the trial is to start March 24 . He helped Geragos with those cases , including Chris Brown 's domestic violence charge and the trial of Scott Peterson , who was convicted of killing his wife . The defense says that Dr. Steven Salaita was fired for his political views in a letter from then-University of Illinois President Robert Zimmer on April 30, 2012.
Nareg Gourjian joins Ed Chernoff and J. Michael Flanagan to defend the doctor . He replaces lawyer Joseph Low , who is leaving the team ; the trial is to start March 24 . The defense says that Dr. Steven Salaita was fired for his political views in a letter from then-University of Illinois President Robert Zimmer on April 30, 2012.