By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

There is a new lead attorney in the legal battle to free Gary Giordano, the prime suspect in the murder of missing Maryland woman Robyn Gardner, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.

High-profile defense lawyer Chris Lejuez has taken over the reins from Michael Lopez, who has been running the case since Giordano was arrested on August 5, reported NBCWashington.com.

Aruban-based Lejuez is best known for successfully defending two security guards who were suspected in the 2005 disappearance of teenager Natalee Holloway on the Caribbean Island, they were both eventually released.

Lopez will still work on the case, along with Giordano's U.S. based lawyer Jose Baez, who gained instant notoriety during the Casey Anthony trial, which ended in July with a shocking not guilty verdict, as Breaking Celebrity News previously reported.

Baez is not able to argue the case in an Aruban court but has been acting as an adviser and assisting the defense.

Both Lejuez and Baez have both stressed the importance that their client's story has not changed during 16 separate interviews during the investigation.