Defense attorney Steve Greenberg said Tuesday he was shocked to learn he'd been fired by his former client, convicted wife murderer Drew Peterson, NBC 5 Chicago reported. Greenberg had argued against calling the attorney who represented Kathleen Savio in her divorce from the former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant, and it was that testimony jurors later said convinced them to return a guilty verdict. Despite Greenberg's objections, it was Peterson's lead attorney, Joel Brodsky, who ultimately called attorney Harry Smith to the stand. "For some reason, Drew blindly follows Joel Brodsky, which is just shocking because I think it's Brodsky's strategy that got him indicted and, frankly, Brodsky's strategy that got him convicted," Greenberg said Tuesday afternoon. Brodsky said Greenberg was fired for poor performance, saying he was often unprepared in court. Peterson was convicted earlier this month of first-degree murder in the drowning death of Savio, his third wife. Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared in October 2007.
