The Court sentencing Scooter Libby had to read 337 pages of letters, many from lawyers. The WSJ Law Blog outlined the highlights – the so-called “Libby Letters, Lawyers Edition”.
Before joining the Bush Adminstration, Libby did stints at Dickstein Shapiro, the now-defunct Mudge Rose and Dechert; dozens of lawyers from those firms wrote letters on his behalf. A composite sketch would read: “It is incomprehensible to me that Scooter has been convicted of these crimes. He is honest, forthright, hardworking, ethical and a dedicated […]