Monday, October 04, 2010

Akin Gump: For the Chapter: "Weird! Wild!"

On October 4, 2010 someone in Calgary, Alberta, Canada googled the phrase "Vernon Jordan connection to Lisa Jackson." I find that really weird and wild. Lisa Jackson was David Hardee's secretary in 1988; she was replaced by a secretary named Lisa Hassell.

David Hardee was a tax attorney at the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld who had professional ties to Vernon Jordan. Hardee represented RJR Nabisco; Jordan was a director of RJR. Hardee attended the Democratic National Convention in 1988 at which Michael Dukakis was nominated by the Democratic Party to run for President of the United States. I formed the tentative belief that David Hardee was part of some political rift at the firm -- and was somehow allied to people who were harassing me. The Google searcher didn't search for Dukakis, but oddly, did search for President Obama's connection to Akin Gump.

Michael X. Morrell was an attorney at Akin Gump who was disbarred for engaging in misconduct while at the firm. The D.C. Court of Appeals in affirming the disbarment also chastised the firm for its lax management.

From mid-June 1988 to mid-March 1989 I worked in a private office on the firm's fifth floor, roughly adjacent to David Hardee's office.


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Date Time Type WebPage

4th October 2010 01:40:15 PM Page View www.google.ca/search?q=vernon jordan connection to lisa jackson &hl=en&sa=2

dailstrug.blogspot.com/2010/06/david-hardee-secretary-lisa-jackson.html

4th October 2010 01:41:42 PM Page View www.google.ca/search?q=vernon jordan connection to lisa jackson &hl=en&sa=2

dailstrug.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-x-morrell.html

4th October 2010 02:34:06 PM Page View www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ei=Rx2qTMKbOIaqsAOWt43eDA&q=akin gump connection to obama&start=10&sa=N

dailstrug.blogspot.com/2009/12/Why-Did-the-Justice-Department-Have-A-Conniption-Fit.html



















4 comments:

  1. --"What does this have to do with racketeering?"

    --"That's the question, Johnny!"

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  2. The head of the firm's tax practice group was Charles Levy, whose office was next to that of Bob Strauss, on the firm's third floor.

    Bob Strauss used to refer to Levy as Chuck. (April 6, 1989 -- Breakfast Meeting with Bob Strauss).

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  3. Lisa Jackson is also the name of the current EPA administrator.

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  4. Brooklyn, New York, United States Burson Marstellar (12.171.166.8)

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    6 Jul 11:31:44 AM
    dailstrug.blogspot.com/2011/06/curious-interest-in-akin-gump-and.html

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    6 Jul 11:31:44 AM
    dailstrug.blogspot.com/2010/10/akin-gump-for-chapter-weird-wild.html

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