http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060123/NEWS02/601230411Lobbyist linked to Abramoff quits Indianapolis firmFORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The Indianapolis-based law firm of Barnes & Thornburg has accepted the resignation of one of its Washington lobbyists implicated in the bribery and corruption scandal swirling around Jack Abramoff, a report Sunday said.
Neil Volz, one of three Barnes & Thornburg lobbyists with ties Abramoff or his Indian tribe clients, quit his job three days after Abramoff pleaded guilty earlier this month to bribery and tax evasion charges, The Journal Gazette reported Sunday. Barnes & Thornburg's Washington office had hired the three one-time members of Abramoff's former firm, Greenberg Traurig, a year ago even as federal officials investigated Abramoff, who's accused of bilking Indian tribes of millions of dollars in lobbying fees they had paid him. "There has never been a suggestion that any of the lobbying activities under investigation occurred at Barnes & Thornburg," the firm's managing partner, Alan Levin, said in a written statement Friday.
The two other former Abramoff associates, Kevin Ring and Edward Ayoob, remain members of Barnes & Thornburg, Levin said. The firm has more than 300 lawyers in offices in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Elkhart, South Bend, Chicago, Washington and Grand Rapids, Mich. Abramoff has pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion in a deal with federal prosecutors. He has acknowledged in court papers that he worked to provide "things of value to public officials in exchange for a series of official acts and influence" to a congressman reported to be Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, and to a Capitol Hill staffer reported to be Volz, who once was Ney's chief of staff.
more at link ...
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
