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D.C. Law Firm Suspends Woman Who Worked as Escort
ABC ^ | May 03, 2007 | Brian Ross

Posted on 05/03/2007 12:23:27 PM PDT by Sleeping Beauty

A legal secretary at one of Washington's most prominent and well-connected law firms, Akin Gump Strauss Houer & Feld LLP, has been suspended after telling her bosses she secretly worked at night for the escort service run by the so-called D.C. Madam, Jeane Palfrey.

The woman both serviced clients and, at times, helped to run the business, Palfrey told ABC News in an interview to be broadcast on "20/20" Friday.

According to e-mails the woman sent to Palfrey on her Akin Gump account, she "enjoyed and even missed" the work she did at night for Palfrey, who has been charged by federal prosecutors with running a large scale prostitution ring.

Palfrey said the Akin Gump secretary would at times "answer the phones" and assign women on nights when Palfrey was unavailable.

According to the e-mails provided to ABC News by Palfrey, the Akin Gump woman was interested in helping to restart the escort service after Palfrey had closed it, suggesting it could be done from the Akin Gump offices.

Considered one of the most powerful firms in Washington, Akin Gump partners make up a who's who of Washington insiders, including Vernon Jordan, former Speaker of the House Tom Foley, former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman and co-founder Robert Strauss, an adviser to numerous presidents.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: akingump; gump; gumpisasgumpdoes; mygumpisakin; ohmyakingump; politics; sex
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Coming Friday on ABC's 20/20 -- everything your didn't want to know about the sex trade in Washington DC.

Will you be watching?

1 posted on 05/03/2007 12:23:29 PM PDT by Sleeping Beauty
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To: Sleeping Beauty

I suspect that there are some ABC news personalities on that list.


2 posted on 05/03/2007 12:24:40 PM PDT by 3AngelaD (They've screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, now they're here screwing up ours.)
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To: Sleeping Beauty
A legal secretary at one of Washington's most prominent and well-connected law firms,

She was just practicing to be an actual attorney someday. What's the big deal?

L

3 posted on 05/03/2007 12:25:44 PM PDT by Lurker (Comparing 'moderate' islam to 'extremist' islam is like comparing small pox to plague.)
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To: Sleeping Beauty
Akin Gump

I don't see how they could do this. After all, she was working with "Akin Gump" the whole time...

4 posted on 05/03/2007 12:25:53 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: Sleeping Beauty

“Will you be watching?”

No... I feel guilty just being on this thread.


5 posted on 05/03/2007 12:26:06 PM PDT by brownsfan (It's not a war on terror... it's a war with islam.)
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To: Sleeping Beauty

I strongly suspect it will be half of what you didn’t want to know, in other words every person they can tag as a Republican/Conservative.


6 posted on 05/03/2007 12:27:40 PM PDT by Badeye (Hiding the kooks in the biker bar won't help, Sally)
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To: Sleeping Beauty

I could care less actually..


7 posted on 05/03/2007 12:28:25 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese..)
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To: 3AngelaD
I suspect that there are some ABC news personalities on that list.

I suspect those will not be the names released...

8 posted on 05/03/2007 12:28:33 PM PDT by gridlock (Enough already about Virginia Tech!)
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To: brownsfan

in the absence of pics, this is a defective, hopefully evanescent, thread


9 posted on 05/03/2007 12:28:37 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: r9etb

“After all, she was working with “Akin Gump” the whole time...”

I think she was the “Houer” of that prestigious firm...


10 posted on 05/03/2007 12:29:04 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Badeye

no doubt..that’s why ABC “carefully culled” the phone list for a handful of names..


11 posted on 05/03/2007 12:29:31 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese..)
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To: Lurker
LoL!
12 posted on 05/03/2007 12:29:55 PM PDT by relee ('Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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To: Sleeping Beauty
This one reminds me of my days as a vice cop in DC.
The main thing that separated the ho's was the 'nappiness' of their pimp's Cadillacs.
13 posted on 05/03/2007 12:30:13 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy)
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To: r9etb

If you truly love what you do, are willing to work long hours, learn from On the Job Training and have a pleasing disposition and appearance... Akin Gump currently has openings.


14 posted on 05/03/2007 12:30:28 PM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: Sleeping Beauty
... everything your didn't want to know about the sex trade in Washington DC.

What do know and have know for a long time is the the biggest whores in Washington are not legal secetaries picking up a few bucks moonlighting as "escorts".

15 posted on 05/03/2007 12:30:31 PM PDT by Ditto (Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
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To: Sleeping Beauty

Suspend her?

She deserves a promotion as a result of all of her prior experience in the field.


16 posted on 05/03/2007 12:31:00 PM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Sleeping Beauty
Someone in a law office is screwing people. That's news?
17 posted on 05/03/2007 12:31:49 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: kittymyrib

I believe she was a nappy-headed paralegal.


18 posted on 05/03/2007 12:31:56 PM PDT by Sleeping Beauty
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To: Sleeping Beauty
Considered one of the most powerful firms in Washington, Akin Gump partners make up a who's who of Washington insiders, including Vernon Jordan...

She needs to sue. Akin Gump can't claim that they don't hire prostitutes.

19 posted on 05/03/2007 12:33:04 PM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: battlegearboat

Nah, you shouldn’t have lawyers involved in a prostitution ring. Too many crooks spoil the brothel.


20 posted on 05/03/2007 12:33:47 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (Applewood smoked bacon is the new chipotle.)
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