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Mo. Kidnap Case Challenges Young Lawyers

Saturday, February 10, 2007 6:33:26 PM
By CHERYL WITTENAUER

  This undated file handout photo provided by the Franklin County Sheriff's Department shows Michael Devlin, 41. Devlin,  accused of kidnapping two Missouri boys and holding one for more than four years, will face more charges on Monday, Feb. 5, 2007, a prosecutor said.  Prosecutor Robert McCulloch refused to discuss the charges he planned to file in St. Louis County, saying he would announce them at a news conference later in the day.    (AP Photo/Franklin County Sheriff, HO, FILE)ST. LOUIS (AP) - The two young lawyers who have taken on the defense of alleged child abductor Michael Devlin are eager but they're being seen as underdogs in a costly and complex case.

Ethan Corlija, 32, and his 33-year-old law partner, Michael Kielty, are relatively unknown even within the clubby world of St. Louis lawyers.

"If you had said 'do I know these guys?' I'd have said 'I have no clue,'" said Chet Pleban, who's practiced criminal law in St. Louis for 33 years.


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