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New attorney will reportedly try to eliminate or minimize jail time in favor of rehab stay. By Kara Warner Lindsay Lohan in court July 6 Photo: David McNew/ Getty Images It appears that the various rumblings regarding Lindsay Lohan’s new legal counsel are true: The troubled star has secured experienced criminal defense attorney Robert Shapiro, who famously represented O.J. Simpson in his 1994 murder trial. According to TMZ , Shapiro does not have plans to appeal Lohan’s 90-day jail sentence but will try to convince Judge Marsha Revel to put Lindsay in a rehab facility and either eliminate or minimize jail time. Shapiro’s son Brent died of a MDMA drug overdose in 2005, and the website reports that the laywer has a specific plan and place in mind for Lohan: a live-in rehab facility with which he is said to be involved. Shapiro has not yet shared his thoughts on his new client to any major media outlets,