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Veteran lawyer to represent governor's committee The campaign committee was formerly represented by the big Loop law firm of Altheimer & Gray. But Pallmeyer disqualified the firm from serving as the committee's trial counsel. She said it had conflicts of interest because it had represented Fawell and possibly some of the witnesses. Breen was brought in as a substitute by Altheimer & Gray, but he was reluctant to promise to follow the case to its end if there would not be enough funds to do the job.