Musical Chairs: Alberto Gonzales Finds Temporary Employment
Things are sort of looking up for former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. First, a speaking gig in the U.S. Virgin Islands. And now, Gonzales, who has been jobless since August, has a job!
From Bloomberg:
Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who was forced from his job amid a controversy over the firings of federal prosecutors, has been hired to provide assistance to a special master on a patent case.Gonzales will help former U.S. District Judge Layn R. Phillips oversee settlement talks in the case of a Texas company which claims banks such as Wells Fargo & Co., Citigroup Inc.’s Citibank and Bank of America Corp. are violating its patents for taking and transmitting digital images of checks.
Phillips, in an order signed yesterday, said he needed Gonzales’s help because of the number of parties in the case and the “overall complexity of this litigation.”
And maybe because he feels badly for him. Since “special master” appointments are not permanent gigs, we’re calling this what it is: a temp job for Gonzales.
We hope Gonzales ensures that we can keep pulling up copies of our checks online. If not, we may lobby to have him sent back to the Virgin Islands indefinitely.
Alberto Gonzales to Help `Special Master’ on Check Patent Case [Bloomberg]
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Gonzales to conTTTract lawyerdom!
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How much is he getting paid for this?
Lol-- Gonzo the Temp Clerk.
Any layoff news?? Whats going on at STB?
Kash, your left-wing bias is showing. Why don't you show us something else? Like a picture of you in a bikini.
Wow. He's a donut dolly to a judicial bitch.
11:21 - Any supposed left-wing bias by Kash, with or without a bikini shot, is OK with me!
Seriously though, ANY supposed left-wing bias by any of ATL's full time cadre is more than compensated by Lat's lovefest for right-wing judges (Scalia, Kozinski, Priscilla Owen, William Pryor, Janice Rogers Brown, etc.)
This place doesn't need to turn into some kind of Volokh paleo-libertarian-conservativille...
Lat, may love right-wing judges but his politics appear to be to the left (Hillary Clinton loving, Bush administration bashing, et.c).
Lat's love for Clinton is obviously snarky, and anyone with a brain hates Bush regardless of political persuasion.
I had always thought that the real value of a special master only comes to fruition when the special master is a very experienced practitioner in the disputed subject matter. That way, s/he can quickly lay down the law re. the value of the case and move things along.
Given that AGAG's experience thus far consists of being an inattentive yes-man, I'd be pissed if I were counsel to one of the parties being billed for AGAG's time.
You don't have to be a liberal to bash George Bush. These days, many of my far right buddies are getting in on the act. When I point out the new depths to which W will sink, suddenly they are on the band wagon. just like most Republicans, screwing the pooch and then blaming someone else.