I know David Freedman, he is an upright guy. He represents a number of attorneys charged with violations of ethics before the NC State Bar. He is with a relatively small firm here in Winston-Salem. I don't envy him having to represent Nifong, but then again, he agreed to the representation. He is also representing Zach Bynum, who has been disbarred and is facing charges for taking upwards of 2-3 million dollars of client money. I had the "joy" of representing a bank where he deposited/withdrew some of this money in a case brought by a victimized party.
It seems to me that Nifong's only hope of avoiding disaster in this case is to stack the jury with people who don't care about the evidence and are just determined to find the defendants guilty. If he tries that, can the defense lawyers stop him, or are they limited to a certain number of challenges?
Be sure to remind him that Nifong was quite clear about it: you don't need an attorney if you're not guilty.
:-)