Fred Fielding
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Contests, Fred Fielding, Reader Polls
ATL Caption Contest Winner: Mr. Easter Bunny and POTUS
Congratulations, Anonymous! You are the ATL Caption Contest winner for this photo of President Bush with his White House Counsel, Fred Fielding (dressed up as the Easter Bunny): After ignoring the rule of law for seven years, President Bush finally found a use for the White House Counsel. The runner-up is: The Mad Hatter and […] -
Contests, Fred Fielding, Pictures, Politics, White House Counsel
ATL Caption Contest Finalists: Mr. Easter Bunny and POTUS
Some of you have wondered about the delay in choosing finalists for the ATL Caption Contest. We did not forget about it; we just wanted to save a little Easter for April, the proper month for the holiday. Easter in March is just plain wrong. As a refresher, this is the photo of President Bush […] - Sponsored
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Contests, Fred Fielding, Pictures, Politics, White House Counsel
ATL Caption Contest: Mr. Easter Bunny, White House Counsel Fred Fielding
Here’s a photo of President Bush and his White House Counsel — Fred Fielding, former senior partner at Wiley Rein (fka Wiley Rein & Fielding), dressed up as the Easter Bunny — at the White House Easter Egg Roll earlier this week: Quips our tipster: “One can only hope Fielding isn’t splitting hares. Or giving […]
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Fabulosity, Fred Fielding, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate, White House Counsel
Lawyerly Lairs: A Report from D.C.
Lawyers are living large, not just in Miami and New York, but in Washington, too. The Luxury Homes column, in the current issue of Washingtonian magazine, features the recent real estate purchases of two prominent lawyers. First up: political and legal commentator Laura Ingraham, who has a pretty amazing resume (UVA Law, Clarence Thomas clerkship, […] -
Federal Government, Fred Fielding, Musical Chairs, White House Counsel, William Burck
Musical Chairs: More White House Counsel Hires
Some hiring news from the White House counsel’s office, via the WSJ Law Blog: Though many of these White House hires have been reported already elsewhere, its press office issued an official release — dateline “Rostock, Germany” — announcing nine lawyers White House Counsel Fred Fielding has added to his “great little law firm.” President […] -
Fred Fielding, Musical Chairs, Politics, White House Counsel, White-Collar Crime
Musical Chairs: Fred Fielding Beefs Up the White House Counsel's Office
Fred Fielding, the former name partner of Wiley Rein & Fielding who is now settling in as White House counsel (for the second time), has brought in some reinforcements. They come from his former shop, Wiley Rein & Fielding (now known simply as Wiley Rein). Three former Wiley Rein-sters, a partner and two associates, are […] -
Biglaw, Fred Fielding, Larry Sonsini, Money, Skaddenfreude
Skaddenfreude: 'W' Firms, and Morning Open Thread
We don’t have memos, but we can confirm associate pay raises at two large law firms: (1) D.C. powerhouse Wiley Rein & Fielding, former home of the new White House counsel, Fred Fielding; and (2) Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, home of Silicon Valley legal god Larry Sonsini (although a god who, in the past […] -
Civil Rights, Department of Justice, Donald Stout, Duke Lacrosse Team Rape Case, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Feldsuk, Fred Fielding, Guantanamo Bay, Judicial Nominations, Michael Boudin, Real Estate, Shanetta Cutlar, Ty Clevenger, War on Terror, Week in Review, White House Counsel
ATL Week in Review: January 8 - 12
* Over at the Justice Department, the bad-ass Shanetta Cutlar, Chief of the Special Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division, takes no prisoners. * Not even summer interns can escape her wrath. * But hey, at least they get to go back to school. Full-time attorneys can escape only by leaving the Section — […] - Sponsored
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Blackberry-Crackberry, Donald Stout, Fabulosity, Fred Fielding, Intellectual Property, Money, Patents, Real Estate, Television
Lawyerly Lairs: Check Out "The Stouthouse"
Fred Fielding, the incoming White House counsel, did pretty well for himself when the Blackberry litigation was settled. His firm, Wiley Rein & Fielding, represented NTP, the patent holding company that won a $612.5 million settlement from Research in Motion, maker of the Blackberry. Wiley Rein took the case on a contingency-fee basis. Ka-ching! But […] -
Alice Fisher, Fred Fielding, Harriet Miers, Litigatrix, Rachel Brand, White House Counsel, William Kelley
'Tis Official: Fred Fielding Is In the House
We previously wrote about President Bush’s selection of Fred Fielding as his new White House counsel. Our coverage was based on a pre-announcement scoop by Time, not an actual announcement from the White House. Just to close the loop on this, the rumor was correct: Fielding’s selection is now official. Here’s the (predictably bland) White […] -
Blogging, Fashion, Food, Fred Fielding, Jan Crawford Greenburg, John Paul Stevens, Non-Sequiturs, White House Counsel
Non-Sequiturs: 01.08.07
* We took Eve Harrington’s Jan Crawford Greenburg’s quip that Justice Stevens told her when he was planning to retire as a joke. But not everyone did. [Volokh Conspiracy; Althouse] * A juicy rumor. But who on earth could it be? [Concurring Opinions] (Btw, congrats to Concurring Opinions on its one millionth visitor.) * Former […] -
Fred Fielding, Harriet Miers, Politics, White House Counsel
Breaking: Bush Picks Fred Fielding as New White House Counsel
This just in, from Time: In a signal that he could be open to working more closely with congressional Democrats rather than stonewalling, President Bush plans to name the widely respected Republican lawyer Fred F. Fielding as White House counsel this week, party sources tell TIME. Fielding, who held the same position under President Ronald […]
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Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.