R. Allen Stanford, the Houston financier who faces federal criminal charges related to an alleged conspiracy to defraud investors, has another new lawyer.

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge David Hittner of the Southern District of Texas signed an order adding Houston criminal defense attorney Kent A. Schaffer, a partner in Bires & Schaffer, to Stanford’s defense team.

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