Who were the lawyers? The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey officially handled the case after the Philadelphia office recused itself for potential conflicts of interest due to the number of cases in which it collaborated closely with Williams' office and the number of federal prosecutors there who previously worked either for or with Williams at the District Attorney's Office. Still, two members of the prosecution team, Robert A. Zauzmer and Vineet Gauri, were based in the Philadelphia U.S. Attorney's Office. They were joined by co-counsel Eric Moran and lead FBI case agent Vicki Humphreys. Zauzmer and Humphreys previously led the corruption investigation that convicted state Sen. Vincent J. Fumo in 2009. Williams' lawyer, Thomas R. Burke, met his client when they worked side-by-side in the District Attorney's Office under Abraham in the 1990s. Although he primarily has defended state-level criminal cases, he signed on to represent his former colleague after two earlier lawyers left the case over concerns about Williams' ability to pay their legal bills.