By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com New York State Senator Thomas W. Libous, the second highest ranking state senator, was found guilty Wednesday of false statements to the FBI. The conviction came after a seven-day federal trial in White Plains. “Public corruption is a scourge. Every New Yorker wants us to work as hard as possible to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal prosecutor who once was the third highest-ranking official in the Justice Department’s fraud section is headed to the private sector. The New York Times reports that James Koukios is joining private law firm, Morrison & Forester. He was named a partner in the firm’s security litigation and white-collar criminal…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III is joining the private sector. The New York Times reports that Mueller, who served as director for 12 years before stepping down in September, is becoming a partner of the law firm WilmerHale. “Bob brings to the firm his broad range of experience as a…
By David S. Hilzenrath Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON –By mid-March, as the government tells it, Matthew H. Kluger knew the FBI was closing in. As a lawyer for three of the nation’s premier corporate law firms, most recently in the Washington office of Wilson Sonsini, he had allegedly stolen secrets that yielded tens of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Vincent H. Cohen Jr. has left private practice to return to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington as the number two person, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced Monday. Cohen, 39, a partner in the D.C. law firm Schertler & Onorato, served as an assistant U.S. Attorney from…
Alberto Gonzales By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Sadly, Alberto Gonzales was one of the worst U.S. Attorney General’s this country has ever had. Gonzales, who has taken a teaching job at Texas Tech, told the New York Times that he has not been offered a job at any law firms since leaving his post,…
