Monday 27 July 2009

How to Get a Job in the Obama Administration, If You Are Jewish

This morning between meetings, I sat myself, and my laptop, down at a Starbucks that is adjacent to the Edward Bennett Williams Building in downtown D.C. The building houses the offices of the very powerful inside the beltway law firm, Williams & Connolly.

As I am sipping on my grande mocha, who walks in? None other than Howard Gutman. He is with another man, younger by between 15 and 20 years. They sit down across from me.

Gutman is a partner at Williams & Connolly. According to WC's bio of him, Gutman is:

Identified as one of "Washington's Top Lawyers" by Washingtonian magazine (December 2004, December 2007)...While appreciating anonymity, Mr. Gutman's clients have included Fortune 500 companies, high tech companies, financial services firms, privately held enterprises, labor unions, pensions funds, law firms and accounting firms, government entities, real estate developers, sports teams, high-net-worth individuals, labor union officials, athletes, government officials, and political candidates. These clients have been located throughout the United States and abroad. He is also litigation counsel for Friedman, Billings & Ramsey ("FBR"), one of the top 10 investment banks in the nation... More

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