‘Stevens Six’ Hiring BigLaw Counsel; DOJ to Chip In
The six prosecutors under investigation for their roles in the reversed conviction of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens have started lawyering up.
And they are “drawing some of Washington’s heaviest hitters into the fray,” according to The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.
But the DOJ’s retention agreement (PDF) indicates that these lawyers will only be reimbursed up to $200 per hour, not exceeding 120 hours per month.
“Now, $200/hr is roughly a paralegal’s rate at many top firms, but, still, all works is good work in this economy, especially such a high-profile assignment,” the Wall Street Journal Law Blog writes.
What the BLT has thus far:
• Public Integrity Section Chief Prosecutor William Welch II has hired Zuckerman Spaeder partner William Taylor III.
• Public Integrity Principal Deputy Chief Prosecutor Brenda Morris is in talks with Chuck Rosenberg of Hogan & Hartson.
• Public Integrity Prosecutor Nicholas Marsh has hired Patton Boggs partner Robert Luskin.
• Public Integrity Prosecutor Edward Sullivan has hired Brian Heberlig of Steptoe & Johnson.
• Alaska-based Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Bottini has hired Kenneth Wainstein of O’Melveny & Myers.
The BLT says that Alaska-based Assistant U.S. Attorney James Goeke “may be looking to New York for his counsel.”
