It was Joel Schwartz, the savvy St. Louis-based lawyer, who defended Faria in his first murder trial. Schwartz stood by his client and later appealed his conviction, helping shine a light on Pam Hupp ...

But what happened to the two attorneys since the case, and are they still practicing law? Here, Newsweek looks at where Askey and Schwartz are now. Schwartz is based in Saint Louis, Missouri ...

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner ... toward the couple "outrageous." Last month, the attorney representing the McCloskeys, Joel Schwartz, filed a motion seeking to send the case back to ...

The St. Louis prosecutor spearheading the case ... Gardner had filed any criminal charges against his clients. Attorney Joel Schwartz wrote, "The July 17th email drew a direct line from the ...

Attorney Joel Schwartz told CNN that his clients’ indictments are suppressed and won’t be unsealed until next Wednesday. A spokeswoman for Kim Gardner, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney ...

Less than a month after the November 2013 wrongful conviction of Russ Faria, defense attorney Joel Schwartz had already ... his friends’ house in Lake St. Louis. During the trial, prosecutors ...

The Missouri Supreme Court upheld a ruling from a circuit court judge removing St. Louis Circuit Attorney ... ruling from Judge Tom Clark,” Joel Schwartz, attorney for the McCloskeys, said ...