Now where would the Rubashkins get the money to hire…
…Government Experience
Department of Homeland Security, 2003-2006
Acting Deputy General Counsel; Associate General Counsel
Baruch served as acting deputy general counsel and oversaw all of the department’s legal issues and its 1,400 attorneys. Baruch also served as associate general counsel supervising the chief counsels of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Customs and Border Protection (CBP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS); and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). His areas of responsibility included criminal law, immigration enforcement, immigration services, customs enforcement, customs trade, aviation security, transportation security, and CFIUS.
Department of Treasury, 2002-2003
Assistant General Counsel for Enforcement
Baruch managed the legal work of more than 250 attorneys, including the chief counsels of Customs; Secret Service; Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; and the Asset Forfeiture Fund. He oversaw legal matters relating to customs enforcement, customs trade, criminal law, and national security; supervised the drafting of USA PATRIOT Act regulations governing financial institutions; and worked extensively on issues of money laundering and terrorist financing. He also worked closely with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
US Attorney's Office, SDNY, Criminal Division, 1984-2002
Senior Trial Counsel; Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney; Acting Chief of Major Crimes; Chief of General Crimes
Baruch handled a wide range of cases, including white-collar (securities fraud, bank fraud, wire and mail fraud, health care fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, public corruption), terrorism and international crime.
He was the prosecutor in the $1.4 billion securities-fraud investigation of Prudential Securities Inc. The case was recently recognized as a “landmark” for establishing the precedent for the government's appointment of an independent expert as a company's director to monitor corporate compliance. See, “The Corporate Monitor: The New Corporate Czar,” Michigan Law Review; 2007 (Vol. 105, p. 1713, 1717), authored by Vikramaditya Khanna and Timothy L. Dickinson.…
The Iowa Independent reported today that the court gave Weiss special permission to practice in Iowa so he could represent Sholom M. Rubashkin in his bail hearing.
Why choose Weiss?
Because Weiss is in effect that former boss of the ICE agents bringing the charges against Rubashkin. Weiss' appearance before the court is intended to sway the judge.
There was a time when this would have been illegal or at least unethical.
Perhaps there will be again.
[Hat Tip: Archie.]