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unusual facts about Legal Counsel



Anthony Como

Councilman Como was an Assistant District Attorney under Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, a Commissioner of the New York State Board of Elections and served as Legal Counsel for former New York State Senator Serphin R. Maltese prior to his election to the New York City Council.

Norton S. Karno

Karno, along with fellow attorneys Meade Emory, James Q. Fisher, and Sherman and Stephen Lenske were reportedly involved in the Church's battle against the Internal Revenue Service during Operation Snow White.


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Aging with Dignity

Aging with Dignity was founded in 1996 by Jim Towey, who was inspired by his twelve years of work as legal counsel for Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

Aleta Arthur Trauger

She was in private practice from 1983 to 1984, and was legal counsel to the College of Charleston from 1984 to 1985, returning to private practice from 1985 to 1991.

Alfred W. McCoy

He also uncovered money laundering activities by banks controlled by the CIA, first the Castle Bank which was then replaced by the Nugan Hand Bank, which had as legal counsel William Colby, retired head of the CIA.

Andy Hornby

He worked in a collegiate manner under Stefano Pessina’s leadership with the other members of the Executive Committee: Ornella Barra (chief executive, Pharmaceutical Wholesale Division, Alliance Boots), Alex Gourlay (chief executive, Health & Beauty Division, Alliance Boots), George Fairweather (Group Finance Director, Alliance Boots) and Marco Pagni (Group Legal Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer, Alliance Boots).

Bad faith

In Canada, one case of this type resulted in a record punitive award of $1 million CAD when an insurance company pressed a claim for arson even after its own experts and adjusters had come to the conclusion that the fire was accidental; the company was advised by legal counsel that the desperate insured parties would be willing to settle for much less than what they were owed.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

On March 16, 2010, a video was posted on YouTube featuring an interview David Marquez had with NWA Executive Director and Legal Counsel Robert Trobich.

Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad

Much of the negotiations were handled by the office of Senator Larry Pressler and his legal counsel Kevin V. Schieffer.

David Benck

Mr. Benck is on the Norton Board of Advisors for Birmingham-Southern College, is the current President of the Alabama Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, and is the legal counsel to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

David Jeremiah Barron

689, January 2008, which was an attack of the advice given by the Office of Legal Counsel to President George W. Bush justifying Bush's use of executive power during the War on Terror.

Earl C. Tingey

During his legal career, Tingey worked as legal counsel for Bunker Ramo Corporation, New Jersey Zinc, Gulf Oil, and Kennecott Corporation.

Edward Gaffney

He has also served as a regional government affairs director for the American Automobile Manufacturers Association and as a legal counsel and research analyst for the Michigan Legislative Services Bureau.

Edwin B. Crocker

The next year, Crocker agreed to serve as legal counsel for the Central Pacific Railroad, a company run by the Big Four, which included Edwin's younger brother, Charles Crocker.

Elmer Gertz

working closely with the committee's legal counsel, Dallin H. Oaks.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Legal counsel to the The Linde Group as to French law in its €4 billion sale of its forklift division to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and Goldman Sachs (November 2006).

Gregory Frederick Van Tatenhove

From 1994 to 2001, he was Chief of staff & legal counsel for Congressman Ron Lewis.

Ibrahim al Qosi

Qosi had declined to leave his cell to meet with Commander Suzanne Lachelier, his assigned legal counsel, and the Camp's security rules do not permit her going to his cell to talk to him—so they have never discussed his case.

Institute for Law, Science and Global Security

Since its creation, the Institute has also sponsored events with a variety of other speakers, including Paul D. Clement, former Solicitor General of the United States, Bill Richardson, the Governor of New Mexico, Neal Katyal, Deputy Solicitor General of the United States and legal counsel to former detainee Salim Hamdan, and David H. Remes, a former partner at Covington & Burling and currently representing detainees in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps.

James Allen Williamson

He is currently serving on President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate Brian Bingman's leadership staff as senior policy advisor and legal counsel.

Jean-Claude Scraire

He worked with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDP) for 22 years, where he successively held the positions of Legal Counsel; Legal Affairs Director; Executive Vice-President, Legal and Institutional Affairs and Real Estate Investments; and Chief Operations Officer.

Jerry Dale

In May of that year, Dale filed a federal suit against the Major League Umpires Association, targeting Richie Phillips, the union's legal counsel and negotiator.

John H. Hannah, Jr.

Returning to private practice, Hannah would later serve as legal counsel to the Common Cause public interest group, where he was instrumental in defining the Open Meetings Act and the Lobby Control Act, among other reforms, and helped to create the Texas Public Utilities Commission.

Jon Levin

In his capacity as an entertainment lawyer, Jon has served as legal counsel, working with Jim Paidas, of Paidas Management, on a myriad of licensing programs; some of which include Orange County Choppers, Dog the Bounty Hunter, American Hot Rod, and Rockstalgia.

Józef Retinger

His father, Józef Stanisław Retinger, was the personal legal counsel and adviser to Count Władysław Zamoyski.

Julian Soshnick

He was extremely instrumental in founding Analogic Corporation in 1967, and variously served as its Vice President, Legal Counsel, Director and long-term officer.

Kelly C. Crabb

Crabb served as the legal counsel for the company that made the movie The Swan Princess.

Makau W. Mutua

In 2006, he was legal counsel to John Githongo, the former Kenyan anti-corruption czar who exposed the Anglo Leasing scams in the Kibaki Government.

Martin Sostre

Sostre became a jailhouse lawyer, regularly acting as legal counsel to other inmates and winning two landmark legal cases involving prisoner rights: Sostre v. Rockefeller and Sostre v. Otis.

Matthew P. Denn

As Governor Ruth Ann Minner's legal counsel from 2001 through 2003, writing legislation including the Patient's Bill of Rights and the Emergency Health Powers Act.

Mega International Commercial Bank

In March and April 2008, Mega International Commercial Bank featured prominently in the news in Taiwan because the wife of president-elect Ma Ying-jeou, Christine Chow, had declared her intention to continue working as the bank's legal counsel.

Menis E. Ketchum

Other Gubernatorial appointments include the State Mine Safety Task Force as Legal Counsel by Governor Joe Manchin.

Nauru First

Its founding members were Kieren Keke (a medical doctor), David Adeang (a legal counsel and former finance minister), Marlene Moses (former health minister), Roland Kun (director of the island's fisheries), Sean Oppenheimer (manager of Capelle's, the country's largest private enterprise), who has since resigned from the party due to death threats, and Sprent Dabwido (an insurance worker).

Office of Legal Counsel

In January 2009, President Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Dawn Johnsen to the position of Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel.

Oscar Moreno

He started as a trial attorney at the Philippine National Railways and later became the corporate legal counsel of major financial institutions in the country such as the Far East Bank and Trust Company, Ayala Investment and Development Corporation, Ayala International Finance Ltd. (Hong Kong), Bank of the Philippines Islands, Citibank, Ayala Life Assurance, Inc. and FGU Insurance Corporation.

Paul Helliwell

Helliwell continued to work as a lawyer in Miami and served as legal counsel to a Panamanian holding company that controlled a Bahamian gambling casino connected with Meyer Lansky.

Paula Cox

Paula A. Cox is a corporate lawyer, having served as a lawyer for ACE Limited as their Corporate Counsel and previously as Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel of Global Funds Services at the Bank of Bermuda Limited.

Phi Sigma Sigma

In 2012, Phi Sigma Sigma sent a notice to Penny Arcade via legal counsel requesting that a post revealing the sorority's 'secret' handshake be expunged from the Penny Arcade forum.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr.

Before being nominated to the position of Attorney General, Cooper was Legal Counsel to Governor Phil Bredesen from 2003 to 2006.

Prior his appointment as Legal Counsel to Governor Bredesen, Cooper was an attorney and partner of the law firm, Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC based in Nashville where he dealt in corporate, constitutional and regulatory litigation.

Roland B. Day

From 1957 to 1958, he served as legal counsel to Senator William Proxmire in Washington, D.C.

Roncarelli v. Duplessis

Roncarelli's legal counsel throughout were A.L. Stein and Professor Frank Scott.

Sajida Talfah

However, on August 8, 2005, Saddam's family announced that they had dissolved the Jordan-based legal team and that they had appointed Khalil al-Duleimi, the only Iraq-based member, as the sole legal counsel.

Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana

He was also accompanied by legal counsel PT CTPI, Harry Pontoh and the director of Studio Ghibli, Katsuya Kondō.

Stephen Reinhardt

After law school, Reinhardt worked at the legal counsel’s office for the United States Air Force as a lieutenant in Washington, D.C..

Wallace Townsend

He became an integral part of the GOP legal counsel active in the Lily White faction, which sought to recruit white Conservative Democrats into the Republican Party, then previously the domain of the relatively few African-American voters registered in the state.