The federal public defender for Massachusetts, Miriam Conrad, has been appointed to represent him.
Federal Public Defender Miriam Conrad, whose office has been assigned to represent Tsarnaev, declined to comment.
His lawyer, federal public defender George Lucas, had no comment Tuesday about the information in the affidavit.
The federal public defender's office in Massachusetts said it has agreed to represent Tsarnaev once he is charged.
In the mid-1990s, she became the first federal public defender to head the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
For much of her 30-year career, Clarke ran the federal public defender offices in San Diego and in Spokane, Washington.
She's also assistant federal public defender for the eastern district of Virginia.
He was represented by a federal public defender, Michelle Peterson.
The Federal Public Defender in Boston confirmed Bill Fick from that office was in the hospital for the first appearance and confirms he will represent the defendant, at least for now.
The San Diego-based criminal defense attorney and former federal public defender has worked with legal teams representing "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski, Atlanta bomber Eric Rudolph, and most recently, Tucson mass shooter Jared Loughner.
Randi Bianco, an attorney in the federal public defender's office in Syracuse, said at a detention hearing in December that Mujagic denied all charges and believes someone in Bosnia was tortured until they produced the allegations against him.
Federal legal sources also say they expect an outside counsel will be appointed to work with the public defender on the capital punishment aspect, since Massachusetts has no death penalty and federal officials there rarely deal with the complex legal maneuverings in such cases.
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