Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a lawyer accused in the extortion conspiracy against Michael R. Bloomberg's media company before Mr. Bloomberg became mayor.

She said she did not know if Mr. Wilson used one of the lawyers or law offices accused of making bribes.

A lawyer accused of joining the criminal activities of his clients pleaded guilty yesterday to obstruction of justice and conspiracy to distribute heroin.

From 1977 to 1996 he was in private practice, often defending lawyers and judges accused of misconduct.

Opening arguments began today in a conspiracy case against a lawyer accused in the July 1988 disappearance of a Mississippi woman whose husband is one of the state's wealthiest citizens.

C. Cassius Longinus, the lawyer accused of conspiracy by Nero was sent to the province as was Anicentus, murderer of the first Agrippina.

Ms. Stewart is the only American lawyer ever accused of providing material support to a terrorist organization, although the students and many left-leaning lawyers say she was accused unjustly.

But the lawyers accused in both cases said Chrysler's claims were untrue.

The testimony of Lynne F. Stewart, a lawyer accused of aiding terrorism, was postponed yesterday for a week, according to a statement distributed by her law office.

Mr. Kamins said he also hoped to sharpen the city bar's focus on lawyers' ethics, a subject he has learned well over years of defending lawyers accused of misconduct.