Hookergate limo owner now has THREE attorneys....who's paying the tab?

[RedEarth]

Three attorneys for a guy who was bankrupt just a year or two ago....sounds like someone has taken a strong interest in mister limo owner.... wonder who that could be.

.....this from TPM..

Limo Outfit's Owner Lawyers Up - and Up - and Up
By Paul Kiel - May 5, 2006, 6:03 PM
Wow.

In the course of our research into Christopher Baker, the owner of the limo company that allegedly ferried prostitutes to lawmakers, we've been confronted with a widening constellation of legal representation. And it's gotten more impressive as we've gone along.

First, there's Sandy Roberts, a business attorney who is Shirlington Limousine's original counsel. He didn't return our call.

And then there's Baker's personal criminal attorney, Bobby Stafford. He's the one who made a questionable denial to the San Diego Union-Tribune about what Baker may or may not have seen.

When we called Stafford today, he referred us to a third lawyer -- Michael York -- who is handling all media inquiries, Stafford's office told us. It's not hard to figure why. York is a former Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist:

After graduating from law school in 1978, he spent eight years at the Lexington Herald-Leader, where he and another reporter won a 1986 Pulitzer for exposing corruption within the University of Kentucky athletic program. In 1987, York moved to the Washington Post.

He went on to a career in law, where he's represented such heavy hitters as Phillip Morris. So far, has not returned our calls. So it appears that Baker is in a number of good -- and increasingly expensive -- hands. Pretty impressive for a guy who just got out of bankruptcy.



http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000572.php

[babylonsister]

1. Perhaps it was that sole-source, $25MILLION contract he got!

:think:

[TomInTib]

2. Baker has 22million of our dollars to pay for those attorneys. nt

[babylonsister]

7. $25MIL when all was said and done...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2602638

[TomInTib]

8. Then he can afford me, too.

[xray s]

3. Dewey, Cheatham and Howe

All future Bush appointees to the court of appeals.

[SoCalDem]

4. 22 million contract and he claims poverty??? Huh??

:shrug:

[rzemanfl]

5. What is it about Phillip Morris, some woman who was their

flack or shyster married some Repuke bigwig or something like that? I hate having CRS. Altera??? something like that.

[Synnical]

6. Very Interesting . . . n/t

[Grateful for Hope]

9. Good question. n/t