Posted on October 1, 2008 by E.M.
Updated March 10, 2009 to reflect Mr. Sampson’s leave of absence from Hunton & Williams.
Cross-posted at the Oxdown Gazette, Firedoglake’s new diary blog.
My third e-mail to Ms. Field:
Andrea Bear Field
DC Office Managing Partner
Hunton & Williams
cc: Kyle D. Sampson , Partner
Hunton & Williams
Dear Ms. Field,
On behalf of The Grievance Project, I would appreciate Hunton & Williams’s [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by E.M.
Personal Information:
Name: John Yoo
Bar: Pennsylvania
ID No.: 69500
Status: Active
To file a grievance against Mr. Yoo in either or both Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., print and complete the official Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., Complaint Forms, print and attach this page to the Complaint Form and send to the address noted on the forms.
Grievance Information: [...]
Filed under: Attorney Grievance Applications, John Yoo | Tagged: Albert J. Mora, Alberto Gonzales, Balkinization, Bar Association, D.C., Dan Eggen, David Luban, Department of Justice, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Ethical Violation, Gen. Geoffrey Miller, Glenn Greenwald, Grievance, Jack Balkin, Jack Goldsmith, Jane Mayer, Jay Bybee, John Ashcroft, John Rizzo, John Yoo, Josh White, Marty Lederman, No Comment, Pennsylvania, Phillipe Sands, Professional Misconduct, Scott Horton, Stephen Gillers, The Nation, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Thomas J. Romig, Vanity Fair, Washington | 15 Comments »
Posted on February 15, 2008 by E.M.
At Balkinization, Professor David Luban discusses how the adoption of a torture regimen results in this additional unintended consequence: government lawyers are systematically violating “ethics rule[s] forbidding them from speaking with parties who have legal representation without obtaining consent of the party’s lawyer.” Professor Luban explains in greater detail:
This is the “no-contact rule” in [...]
Filed under: General Post, Rules of Professional Conduct, State Bar Associations | Tagged: Balkinization, D.C., David Luban, Ethical Violation, George W. Bush, Grievance, Professional Misconduct, Prosecutorial Misconduct, States, Washington | Leave a Comment »
Stumble It!
Professor John Yoo and The Justice Case
Paul Kiel reported yesterday at TPMMuckraker that
the House Judiciary Committee authorized a subpoena for David Addington, Vice President Cheney’s Chief of Staff, to testify about the administration’s torture policy
And now the AP reports that John Yoo, probably the most infamous of the infamous characters that walked the halls of the Justice Department during the Bush [...]
Filed under: General Post, John Yoo | Tagged: Balkinization, D.C., David Luban, Ethical Violation, Grievance, John Yoo, Keith Jon Heller, Marty Lederman, No Comment, Pennsylvania, Professional Misconduct, Scott Horton, Washington, Writechic Press | Leave a Comment »