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.
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Will you be watching?
I suspect that there are some ABC news personalities on that list.
She was just practicing to be an actual attorney someday. What's the big deal?
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I don't see how they could do this. After all, she was working with "Akin Gump" the whole time...
“Will you be watching?”
No... I feel guilty just being on this thread.
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.
I could care less actually..
I suspect those will not be the names released...
in the absence of pics, this is a defective, hopefully evanescent, thread
“After all, she was working with “Akin Gump” the whole time...”
I think she was the “Houer” of that prestigious firm...
no doubt..that’s why ABC “carefully culled” the phone list for a handful of names..
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.
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".
Suspend her?
She deserves a promotion as a result of all of her prior experience in the field.
I believe she was a nappy-headed paralegal.
She needs to sue. Akin Gump can't claim that they don't hire prostitutes.
Nah, you shouldn’t have lawyers involved in a prostitution ring. Too many crooks spoil the brothel.
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