AG Mukasey: He'll Be Back
With all the focus on folks transitioning into the new administration, we sometimes forget to keep track of the folks leaving the last one. This morning brings news of Michael Mukasey's next stop: Debevoise & Plimpton, a high-powered D.C. litigation outfit.
Possibly worth noting is Mukasey's reason for joining Debevoise, rather than his old firm, Patterson Belknap. Per an interview with the WSJ Law Blog:
Why did you choose Debevoise?
It’s particularly strong in litigation and in conducting major corporate investigations and preparing reports to boards. Also, it has many former government lawyers, including Mary Jo.
Yeah, I guess that should keep him pretty busy for the next decade or so.
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RE: AG Mukasey " ...pretty busy for the next decade or so." + RE: Federal Register as "fascinating" reading. -- You may recall your FDR/New Deal history, when the footprint of the federal government increased enormously, including the regulatory function of the government. You may also attend to the general increase of governmental functions -- federal, state, local-- since the 1930s -- apparently with the full approval of citizens, and all our leading lights -- e.g. Ivy League professors, BusAd deans, Wall St. Bankers, progressives of every stripe. Now, given the above -- who shall, for the "people", interpret all these laws, regulations, court opinions -- in short -- who shall be the disinterested gatekeepers in the roiling sea of our society's self-approved ocean of law? The press? Common Cause? Unions? The Econ Dept at Princeton? NY Times Op-Ed Editor? The Howard Zinn Fan Club? A special combo of aggregate truth seekers (fresh young college grads?) - who and when? or shall it be - the courts - de facto and de jure -- and the legislatures - boxed and battered by "special interests" (say like the American Newspaper Association, or the Urban League?) championed by their government service dusted lawyers? Hmmmmm - here's a tip: check the history of Arnold and Porter - the premier Wash DC firm (extra credit if you read a bio of Tommy the Cork) - started in the 1930s and filled with former New Deal lawyers, when the smart guys figured FDRs massive increase of regs and government services would require some fine layering. A&P made their money on corporate representation, they make their press room kudos on pro bono. And here’s the rub, the A&P types are not all cynical money grubbers – though some are. Ok, kiddos, schools out. Smart blogging remarks are really neat, but, have a care, ignorance of history, or, worse, toe stubbing embarrassments about the DC power hierarchy and the basics of messy democracy is very uncool (dead silence at the Starbucks seminar). A final, point - why not put some mustard on the Mulkasey blog - give us a list of the D&P corporate client list, counsel of record matched to officials from all past Administrations, then give us a list of “good” lobbyists groups (e.g. the NPOs) matched to their hi-power legal lions. That way, Dems, Repubs, progressives, and flatlanders -- we can all feel smug, aghast, and way cool. Plus ca change.
Concerned Retiree Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:49 PM