Clayland Boyden Gray was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as White House Counsel from 1981 to 1993 and as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union from 2006 to 2007. He was a founding partner of the Washington,D.C.–based law firm Boyden Gray &Associates LLP.
Kirkland &Ellis LLP is an American multinational law firm headquartered in Chicago,Illinois. Founded in 1909,Kirkland &Ellis is the largest law firm in the world by revenue and the seventh-largest by number of attorneys. It was the first law firm in the world to reach US$7 billion in annual revenue.
Joseph Edward Schmitz is an American lawyer,former inspector general of the United States Department of Defense and a former executive with Blackwater Worldwide. After working as a watchdog at the Pentagon for three and a half years,Schmitz resigned to return to the private sector. Although allegations questioning his stewardship of the inspector general's office surfaced nine months after his resignation,a high-level review board,the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency,cleared him of wrongdoing in 2006. He was named one of Donald Trump's foreign policy advisors for his 2016 presidential campaign.
Victoria Ann Toensing is an American attorney,Republican Party operative and with her husband,Joseph diGenova,a partner in the Washington law firm diGenova &Toensing. Toensing and diGenova frequently appeared on Fox News and Fox Business channels,until diGenova used a November 2019 appearance to spread conspiracy theories about George Soros,leading to widespread calls for him to be banned from the network. In 2019,Toensing and diGenova began representing Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash in his efforts to block extradition to the United States under a federal indictment and became embroiled in the Trump–Ukraine scandal. The couple has worked with Rudy Giuliani in support of President Donald Trump beginning in 2018,and was named to join a legal team led by Giuliani to overturn the results of the 2020 United States presidential election in which Trump was defeated.
Mark Corallo is an American political communications and public relations professional,who is the co-founder and co-principal of Corallo Comstock. A Republican,he formed Corallo Media Strategies,a public relations firm. He was the communications director for the U.S. Department of Justice under Attorney General John Ashcroft,and later became a senior adviser with The Ashcroft Group.
Howrey LLP was a global law firm that practiced antitrust,global litigation and intellectual property law. At its peak Howrey had more than 700 attorneys in 17 locations worldwide.
Wiley Rein LLP,sometimes shortened to Wiley,is an American law firm based in Washington,D.C. With 260 lawyers,the firm represents clients in complex regulatory,litigation,and transactional matters. Many of the firm's lawyers and public policy advisors have held high-level positions in the White House,on Capitol Hill,and in federal agencies,including the U.S. Department of Defense,the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,and the U.S. Department of Justice. The firm operates in industries including energy,manufacturing,defense,aerospace,intelligence,information technology,professional services,telecommunications,health care,architectural and engineering (A&E),and construction.
Morgan,Lewis &Bockius LLP is an American international law firm with approximately 2,200 legal professionals in 31 offices across North America,Europe,Asia,and the Middle East. Mergers with other law firms stimulated global growth and led to a ranking of eighth on The American Lawyer's 2018 top 100 firms by gross revenue list. It is also the largest law firm chaired by a woman and represents "three-quarters of the Fortune 100 companies."
Lanny Jesse Davis is an American political operative,lawyer,consultant,lobbyist,author,and television commentator. He is the co-founder and partner of the law firm of Davis Goldberg &Galper PLLC,and co-founder and partner of the public relations firm Trident DMG. From 1996 to 1998,he served as a special counsel to President Bill Clinton,and was a spokesperson for the President and the White House on matters concerning campaign-finance investigations and other legal issues.
Keith Gottfried is a strategic advisor to public companies and their board of directors in the areas of shareholder activism preparedness and defense. Over the course of a career that spans more than 30 years,Gottfried has advised numerous public companies and their boards of directors on shareholder activism preparedness and defense,including in connection with high-profile proxy contests,special meeting demands,consent solicitations,and withhold vote/vote no campaigns,as well as unsolicited takeover offers and negotiated and contested M&A situations. Earlier in his career,Gottfried served as a senior official in the administration of President George W. Bush and was notably nominated by President Bush on July 29,2005,and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 7,2005,to serve as the 19th General Counsel for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Irve Lewis "Scooter" Libby is an American lawyer and former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney known for his high-profile indictment and clemency.
Emmet Thomas Flood IV is an American attorney who served as the interim White House counsel to U.S. President Donald Trump from October 17,2018,to December 10,2018,following the resignation of Don McGahn. He also served as a special counsel during the George W. Bush administration.
Howard Minion Radzely is an American lawyer who served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Labor from December 19,2007 through February 2,2009.
The Scooter Libby clemency controversy arose when U.S. President George W. Bush commuted the prison sentence of Scooter Libby,the former Chief of Staff to Bush's vice president,Dick Cheney,on July 2,2007. It resulted in a hearing,"The Use and Misuse of Presidential Clemency Power for Executive Branch Officials",held July 11,2007,by the full Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives. The hearing was intended to "explore the grave questions that arise when the Presidential clemency power is used to erase criminal penalties for high-ranking executive branch employees whose offenses relate to their work for the President",as well as to assess the consequences of the perjury and obstruction of justice of which vice-presidential Chief of Staff Lewis Libby was convicted March 6,2007.
Crowell &Moring LLP is an international law firm headquartered in Washington,DC,with offices in New York City,Los Angeles,San Francisco,Orange County,Chicago,Denver,London,Brussels,Doha,and Shanghai. With approximately 600 lawyers,the firm advises multinational corporations on regulatory,litigation,corporate,and investigations matters. As of 2022,Crowell &Moring is ranked among the top 100 law firms in the United States in The American Lawyer's "AmLaw 100" list,based on gross revenue.
Isaac Robert Toussie is a Brooklyn,New York real estate developer convicted of fraudulently obtaining mortgages from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. On December 23,2008,Toussie was granted a pardon by President George W. Bush;however,this pardon was revoked the following day,amid controversy over its apparent impropriety.
John Joseph Sullivan is an American attorney and government official who served as the United States Ambassador to Russia from 2020 to 2022,and who previously served as the 19th United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Sullivan served as Acting United States Secretary of State from April 1,2018,to April 26,2018,following President Donald Trump's dismissal of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 13,2018,until Tillerson's official successor,Mike Pompeo,was sworn in. Tillerson did not officially leave office until March 31,2018. Sullivan,however,was delegated all responsibilities of the Secretary of State beginning March 13.
Warren Neil Eggleston is an American lawyer who served as the White House Counsel under President Barack Obama. Eggleston was the fourth person to hold this post during the Obama administration.
Philip Andrew Miscimarra is a partner in the labor and employment practice of Morgan,Lewis &Bockius LLP,and he is a former American government official who served as the chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). He first joined the NLRB as a board member appointed by President Barack Obama in 2013,and he was named chairman by President Donald J. Trump in 2017. Prior to his appointment to the NLRB,he worked as a Morgan Lewis partner in Chicago. After his service on the NLRB ended,Miscimarra joined Morgan Lewis in Washington,D.C.,and Chicago. Miscimarra is also a senior fellow in the Wharton Center for human resources at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
Sheri Dillon is an American attorney who is a member of the law firm Morgan,Lewis &Bockius LLP since 2015.
