Sarah Wairimu's lawyer Philip Murgor in among 24 lawyers whose names were forwarded to Chief Justice David Maraga for conferment as senior counsels.
Maraga will then forward the list to president Uhuru Kenyatta for gazetting.
Once the names are gazetted, the 24 lawyers who have been selected by the Senior Counsel Committee will join the exclusive club of senior lawyers in the country.
Murgor previously served as the Director of Public Prosecutions before he switched sides and became a defence attorney currently defending Sarah Wairimu against the alleged murder of her husband billionaire Tob Cohen.
Wiper Party leader and former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka is also among those who are set to be conferred after his name was also included in the final list.
Others in the list include NARC-K party leader Martha Karua, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Dorcas Oduor, renowned family lawyer Judy Thongori and he former chief executive of the defunct Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) Patricia Nyaundi.
Also on the list are Kioko Kilukumi, famous arbitrator John Ohaga, Rautta Athiambo, veteran lawyer Fred Ngatia, Wilfred Nderitu, Professor Albert Mumma, Pravin Bowry and John Chigiti, among others.
Members of the Senior Counsel Committee who selected the lawyer for the conferment are Justice Mohamed Ibrahim, representing the Supreme Court, Justice Martha Koome, representing the Court of Appeal and Justice Jacqueline Kamau, representing the High Court.
Others are three representatives of senior counsels, namely Omesh Kapila, Patricia Kameri-Mbote and Lucy Kambuni, three representatives of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) were Lillian Renee-Omondi, Nicholus Bichanga and LSK president Allen Gichuhi, and the Attorney General Paul Kihara.
Prominent city lawyer Donald Kipkorir on Tuesday, September 24 filed a petition with the committee over what he termed as favouritism in the list of those to be conferred.
DBK, as he is famously known hired fellow city lawyer Nelson Havi to represent him in the suit.
"I have retained my friend Nelson Havi in demanding answers from the Senior Counsel Conferment Committee ... What I want is transparency of the matrix and analytical tools used ... Am not asking to be added to the List ... We want the truth for God is Truth," he tweeted.
He stated that he wanted to assuage rumours that some Committee Members were biased in the selection and had their eyes fixed on replacing the Chief Justice.
