Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Stan Quoted in Legal Times re: Investigations in New Congress

But it is Dingell and Waxman who have the most investigative experience and are attracting the most attention from veteran defense attorneys.

“Dingell has been around longer, and he’s a bit more senatorial,” notes Stanley Brand, who was counsel to the House of Representatives from 1976 to 1984 and now has his own law firm. “Waxman’s a little less so. Stylistically, they are different. Waxman’s a little more bombastic, and I don’t mean that in a negative sense. He’s just a little hotter. Dingell is very methodical.”


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And avoid the often-unforeseen damage that can come from testifying under oath.

“You have to be worried about collateral prosecution for perjury and false statements or obstruction,” notes former House counsel Brand.
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