PHILADELPHIA — Bill Cosby’s defense team will have a new look when the actor returns to court for a hearing today in his sexual assault case.

Cosby has streamlined his legal team as the felony case heads to trial and dropped his media handler, Washington lawyer Monique Pressley.

A judge in suburban Philadelphia could set a trial date.

The defense also will push to keep key evidence out of the case. They hope to suppress several days of testimony Cosby gave in the accuser’s civil lawsuit a decade ago. Cosby acknowledged giving Andrea Constand several pills before what he calls a consensual sexual encounter. She later said she was in and out of consciousness.

Veteran Philadelphia defense lawyer Brian McMonagle is expected to lead the courtroom fight as the case moves forward.

Cosby also replaced one top-tier Los Angeles law firm with another on his defense team, the second such switch in about a year.