Geragos is representing Scott Peterson against murder charges in Modesto, California, and how he will juggle two high-profile cases will undoubtedly bethefocusofattention in the months ahead.
In fact, the ways in which the credit card, insurance and collection industries take advantage of undereducated consumers should bethefocusof your attention.
But the main focusofattention is bound to bethe United Auto Workers union, which is loathed not just by those Senate Republicans whose refusal to vote for a bail-out bill forced Mr Bush to act, but by many ordinary Americans in less well-paid, less secure employment.
Even if the market's focus is on Italy, theattentionof euro-zone policy makers will be entirely focused on Cyprus, whose debt crisis has the potential to blow apart everything the euro zone has achieved since June.