First, I regularly represent #whistleblowers regardless of political ideology, incl at @FBI. Not one #FBI#WBer has approached us or @wbaidlaw, a non-profit I co-founded to provide pro bono legal assistance. And that's fine, we don't own "market".
2/I've never heard of #KurtSiuzdak & that means nothing. He practices in CT. He may be best attny in CT in fact. His firm's practice areas are interestingly ... diverse.
* Family Matters & Divorce Law
* Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
* FBI Whistleblower litigation
3/What I don't understand & feel compelled to raise is this statement on his website:
"there only a few lawyers with experience in the Department of Justice's whisteblower court."
END/I have been handling DOJ cases for almost 30 years & teach DC Bar CLE class on fed whistleblowing. What "whistleblower court" do I not know about!!!
I've asked other experienced WB attnys & even former FBI General Counsels. No one else knows either.
Wow, I'd love to know!
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2/We will not repeat lawsuit allegations, which arose from Twitter activity, but assuredly they are baseless.
3/His lawsuit was filed on August 8, 2022, in Circuit Court for City of Alexandria. Although filed almost one month ago, Troye has not been served to commence proceedings. For one thing, the address cited in lawsuit is incorrect.
1/Today is birthday of my @UofR schoolmate #KatherineHollister'90 (1968-1988) who was tragically murdered in bombing of #PanAm103 on December 21, 1988.
2/I knew Katherine casually from mixers between my fraternity (Sig Ep) & her sorority (Delta Zeta) & she was dating one of my fraternity brothers. In years following, as one of the primary lawyers for victims (and having filed the first civil lawsuit against Libya in 1993...
3/...which ultimately settled for $2.7 billion in 2003), I got to know her mother as well. Sadly, Babette passed away during pandemic as a result of Covid.
About 15 years ago I started a scholarship at @UofR in memory of Katherine & her classmate #EricCoker'90 who also perished.
More than 5,000 people - many very prominent names - have asked @POTUS to grant retirement waiver to our client Col @YVindman to acknowledge his lawful #whistleblower role.
1/Court certainly has discretion to appoint Special Master but I don't see any special legal/factual reason to do so now.
I welcome those w/more federal criminal experience to weigh in but in my experience this request seems unnecessary, unjustified & if anything premature.
2/Attny Lynne Stewart's situation 20 years ago was vastly different. Seizure involved countless docs subject to attny-client privilege, including those of other lawyers. Exceptionally concerning for DOJ/FBI to review materials & Court took unusual step to appoint Special Master.
3/Trump's brief repeatedly cites to his "privileges" as if he were still President. He is not. He has NO privilege to retain records - classified or even unclassified - that belong to American people rather than Trump the individual.