Former AG Ashcroft Forms Nationwide Law Firm with Ex-Prosecutors
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft is teaming up with former federal prosecutors to open a nationwide law firm that will affiliate with his consulting business.
Ashcroft’s law firm is expected to open offices in several cities in the next several weeks, the St. Louis Business Journal reports. The former Missouri governor and attorney general opened his lobbying and consulting firm, The Ashcroft Group, in 2005, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Its work includes corporate monitoring under contracts that are part of deals companies make to avoid prosecution.
Former Texas U.S. attorneys Johnny Sutton and John Ratcliffe are forming the law firm Ashcroft Sutton & Ratcliffe in Texas, the Tex Parte Blog reports. Meanwhile, former U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway is forming Ashcroft Hanaway in Missouri and will be stationed in its St. Louis office, according to Tex Parte and the Post-Dispatch.
Clients of The Ashcroft Group will work with the new law firms when necessary, Hanaway told Tex Parte.
