Criminal defense veteran Bill Costopoulos, who has defended in some of Pennsylvania’s most high-profile cases over the course of his more than 50-year career, has joined Saxton & Stump in Harrisburg after finalizing the dissolution of his Lemoyne-based legal practice, Costopoulos, Foster & Fields.

Costopoulos was behind the successful defense of York Mayor Charles Robertson, who was acquitted in 2002 of murder charges stemming from 1969 York race riots. More recently, Costopoulos defended Pennsylvania Sen. Jane Orie and former State House Speaker H. William DeWeese on separate allegations of corruption.