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This has got to be one of the least enviable jobs in America: American Lawyer profiles David Hammond of the law firm Crowell & Moring, who represents some of the top private security companies working in Iraq. As such, he "not only does much of the contracting and contract-related litigation for these companies, but he also provides the political and legal justification for the growing reliance on their services," the publication says. Of course, Crowell & Moring has long experience in the federal contracting arena. One of their current partners is Angela Styles, who headed the Office of Federal Procurement Policy in the early years of the Bush administration.