With Castellano's death, Gaggi became the lead defendant in the first trial.

The lead defendant is the son-in-law of Leonid Brezhnev.

The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the lead defendant, received the decision yesterday.

The courtroom showdown raised the extraordinary prospect of a major war crimes trial being conducted without the lead defendants or their lawyers.

There was the lead defendant, Mohammad A. Salameh, against whom the testimony has been voluminous.

The draft suit names the Port of Seattle, which runs the airport, as the lead defendant.

The lead defendant in this case is Florida Governor Charlie Crist.

Indeed, the lead defendant, Hiromasa Ezoe, has made a point of hiring mostly young lawyers.

He identified one of the men as Mr. Salameh, the lead defendant in the case.

Butch Patterson, a twice-convicted molester, is the lead defendant in these appeals.