Via Think Progress and Atrios we hear that one of the nomineees might be George J. Terwilliger III. Of course it is widely known that he headed the legal team in the Florida debacle. I'm just guessing but I'm sure the Brooks Brother's Riot was his doing. Do we really want this guy as the nation's number one prosecutor. Bob Bork Jr. (no not that one) seems to like him.
We are in DC today at a fascinating conference called "The First 72 Hours of a Governmental Investigation" put on by the National Legal Center for the Public Interest.
George J. Terwilliger III of White & Case, who co-chaired the conference, made a gaggle of good points a few of which are relevant to readers of this blawg:
Critical decisions will be made very early in the case and decide the outcome
Assess potential liabilities and people who can visit them upon you so that you target your responses appropriately
Harmonize legal and PR messages
Guard your credibility as if your company’s life depends on it
Maybe the most important was that as a corporate CEO or general counsel you "want a good result, not just a legal win." That is so true and often overlooked by the lawyers, but not by the PR professionals whose job it is to protect the corporation's reputation.
Terwilliger is one of that relatively rare breed of lawyers who understand the intersection between law and public relations and how, in high-profile, high-risk litigation they must complement each other.