Woods is fine for the legal niceities, but Cain needs an experienced political spearhead like Snakehead or someone at least capable of emulating the way Rove handled Bush’s DUI gotcha at the last minute...and all Cain has is the Marlboro Man.
L. Lin Wood
Cain’s lawyer is L. Lin Wood, a well-known Atlanta-based trial attorney who has carved out a successful career representing the high-profile and falsely accused, often seeking eye-popping damages for those he believes have been libeled or slandered in the press.
With Wood’s hiring, Cain has a powerful ally on his side. A partner with Wood Hernacki & Evans LLC, Wood has a three-decade-long career prosecuting, and defending, celebrity clients, sometimes winning mega-settlements on their behalf. He is a fierce advocate.
Wood’s career seems to have been launched by his defense of Atlanta security guard Richard Jewell, who was breathlessly named as a suspect in the 1996 Olympic bombing before being quickly cleared. Jewell later sued several news organizations, including CNN, Cox Enterprises and NBC. Most of the lawsuits were settled, but the one against the Atlanta Journal Constitution is ongoing.