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mobeau69

(11,144 posts)
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 02:33 PM Jun 2017

Legal dream team in white shirts and dark suits

Right out of the gate, Mueller brought on three partners from his former law firm, WilmerHale, with significant litigating experience in high stakes cases: Aaron Zebley, who previously served as Mueller's chief of staff at the FBI; Jeannie Rhee, a former federal prosecutor and top official at the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel; and James Quarles, who worked on the Watergate investigation as a young prosecutor.

Mueller has also reportedly recruited skillful prosecutors from within the highest levels at DOJ -- including Andrew Weissmann, chief of the Criminal Division's fraud section, who served as former director of the Enron Task Force and general counsel under Mueller at the FBI.

But perhaps the most significant hire to date was reported by the National Law Journal on Friday: deputy solicitor general Michael Dreeben, a prolific Supreme Court advocate who oversees the Justice Department's criminal appellate docket.

"You don't bring Michael Dreeben onto something ordinary," said Katyal. "He's the top criminal law practitioner in the United States."


http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/10/politics/robert-mueller-russia-investigation-team/index.html

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Legal dream team in white shirts and dark suits (Original Post) mobeau69 Jun 2017 OP
There's a new sheriff in town. njhoneybadger Jun 2017 #1
Yep, this is one helluva team. mobeau69 Jun 2017 #2
This team against tRump's hack lawyers njhoneybadger Jun 2017 #3
LOL! Like this: mobeau69 Jun 2017 #4
Oooo goosebumps! BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2017 #5
Mueller is bring serious heat. DAMANgoldberg Jun 2017 #6

mobeau69

(11,144 posts)
2. Yep, this is one helluva team.
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 03:05 PM
Jun 2017

“Dreeben is 1 of the top legal & appellate minds at DOJ in modern times,” former Manhattan U.S. attorney Preet Bharara tweeted after learning of Mueller’s recruitment of Dreeben.

He added, “My admiration goes far beyond his 8-0 insider trading win in Salman,” referring to a 2016 case in which Dreeben argued on behalf of the government before the Supreme Court and won the case, 8-0.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
5. Oooo goosebumps!
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 04:28 PM
Jun 2017

“Dreeben is 1 of the top legal & appellate minds at DOJ in modern times,” former Manhattan U.S. attorney Preet Bharara tweeted after learning of Mueller’s recruitment of Dreeben.

DAMANgoldberg

(1,278 posts)
6. Mueller is bring serious heat.
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 05:49 PM
Jun 2017

Even if they fire him, they can't fire everyone on the team. Predisent 45 is so cooked.

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