PROVIDENCE, RI -- Lawyers for Katherine Russell, widow of one of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects, have added New York criminal defense attorney Joshua L. Dratel to her legal team.
Amato A. DeLuca of DeLuca & Weizenbaum in Providence said Wednesday that Dratel's "unique, specialized experience will help insure that Katie can assist in the ongoing investigation in the most constructive way possible."
Dratel has handled cases that involved national security and terrorism, according to the web site of his firm, Dratel & Mysliwiec.
Russell, who grew up in North Kingstown, has been staying at her parents' home there since her husband, Tamerlan Tsnarnaev, died after a firefight with police on April 19.
She has not been charged in connection with the bombings and is not considered a suspect.