Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Feb. 10, 2017
Akin Gump partner arrested for alleged bribe
A former U.S. Justice Department attorney faces federal criminal charges of trying to sell a sealed lawsuit for $310,000 at a Cupertino hotel lobby, while disguised in a wig.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A former U.S. Justice Department attorney faces federal criminal charges of trying to sell a sealed lawsuit for $310,000 in the lobby of a Cupertino hotel while disguised in a wig.
Jeffrey Wertkin, partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Washington D.C. office, was arrested Jan. 31 after he met with a man who turned out to be William A. Scanlon, an undercove...
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