Steven Avery, the man at the center of the Netflix true crime documentary series "Making a Murderer," has a new high-profile defense team. He will now be represented by Kathleen Zellner of The Law Firm of Kathleen Zellner and Associates, P.C. and Tricia Bushnell, who is the legal director for the Midwest Innocence Project, according to the New York Daily News.

Avery was convicted of murdering Teresa Halbach along with his nephew Brendan Dassey. Both were given life in prison sentences, which they are currently serving. The 10-part series of "Making a Murderer" was filmed over a 10-year period and heavily scrutinizes the arrest of Avery, his trial and in conviction, People reported. The docuseries also strongly implies that Avery was set up by Manitowoc County, Wisc. law enforcement officials.

"The Zellner Law Firm is looking forward to adding Mr. Avery to its long list of wrongful conviction exonerations," Zellner said in a press release on Friday.

Zellner previously represented Ryan Ferguson, a man from Missouri that was released from prison after a decade for being wrongfully convicted of murder. She also was an attorney for Mario Casciaro, who was released from prison last September after he successfully appealed his 26-year sentence for the murder of Brian Carrick, according to ABC News.

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