Here is the name of Smollett's attorneys: Smollett's attorneys, Chicago Attorney's Todd S. Pugh and Victor P. Henderson,    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/02/jussie-smollett-shuffles-criminal-defense-lawyers-hires-crisis-management-firm-as-hate-hoax-unravels/ The Illinois Bar Association does not have either one of them listed. https://www.zeekbeek.com/isba I tried California Bar Association, also Zip: http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/LicenseeSearch/QuickSearch?FreeText=Pugh&SoundsLike=false Nothing in Washington D.C. either: https://join.dcbar.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?site=dcbar&webcode=findmember