- NY Governor Hires Ted Wells
It comes as little surprise that New York’s increasingly embattled governor, David Paterson, has hired perennial Lawdragon 500 star Theodore Wells, the NY Times reports. (Note: The next Lawdragon 500 guide comes out at the end of March.) Wells, the co-chair of the litigation group at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, represented former Gov. Eliot Spitzer during the infamous prostitution-ring investigation. Spitzer was never charged by federal prosecutions. Now, Paterson is facing an investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (another Lawdragon 500 from last year) into whether the governor or others of his administration put pressure on a woman to keep quiet about domestic-violence allegations against a Paterson aide. Paterson’s communications director Peter E. Kauffmann resigned Thursday after being questioned for several hours by Cuomo’s office.
Wells, as we’ve reported over the years, is best known for his criminal defense work for the likes of Scooter Libby and former U.S. Senator from New Jersey Robert Torricelli. However, he is equally sought after for civil cases by the likes of Citigroup and AIG.
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