Led by Adam Schiff who has
only eight years of trial experience but has not practiced law in 26 years and
Jerry Nadler who went to night law school but never even passed the bar exam,
the rest of the crowd is even less impressive. Most who are actually lawyers
haven’t practiced in years and the only one that has, Jason Crow, specialized in
helping companies develop processes to handle instances of sexual harassment
and workplace discrimination. He was not an experienced trial attorney.
Now compare that to the
impressive credentials of the skilled litigators assembled by Jay Sekulow to
defend Trump. Most are widely recognized
legal legends with years of courtroom experience and reputations for hardnosed
grilling of witnesses.
If you don’t believe Team
Pelosi is grossly out matched by Team Trump, I have assembled the below thumbnail
sketches of the members of each team along with links so you can research them
for yourself. Look for yourself:
Team Pelosi
Law School: Harvard Law School 1985
Legal experience: Actually practiced law 6 years but has not
been in a courtroom in 26+ years; Law clerk for 2 years for Judge William
Matthew Byrne Jr. of the United States District Court for the Central District
of California (1985-1987); an Assistant United States Attorney in the Office of
the United States Attorney for the Central District of California (1987-1993).
Law School: Fordham Law
School 1976 (night school)
Legal experience: None, never
passed the NY Bar nor practiced Law.
Law School: Santa Clara University School of Law 1975.
Legal Experience: 2 years practicing immigration law, has not
practice law in 42+ years.
Hakeem
Jeffries: https://jeffries.house.gov/about/full-biography
, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakeem_Jeffries
Law School: New York University School of Law
1997
Legal experience: Has not practice any law, even corporate law,
in 14+ years. Clerk, Judge Harold Baer, Southern District of New York, United States
District Court, 1998; 8 years practicing corporate law representing CBS,
Viacom, etc.
Val
Demings: https://demings.house.gov/about ,
Law School: None
Legal Experience: None
Sylvia
Garcia: https://sylviagarcia.house.gov/about
, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Garcia#Early_political_career
Law School: Texas Southern
University Law School (night school) 1978 – Ranks #191 of 200 US Law Schools
with average LSAT scores of 144.
Legal Experience: Has not
been associated with the practice of law in 22 years. Five Terms as a municipal
court judge ending 1998.
Jason
Crow: https://crow.house.gov/about ,
Law School: University of
Denver Law School, 2009
Legal Experience: 8 years practicing law, early legal work
defending white-collar crime, then specialized helping companies develop
processes to handle instances of sexual harassment and workplace
discrimination.
Team Trump
Jay Sekulow: https://premierespeakers.com/jay-sekulow/bio
; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Sekulow
Law School: Mercer
University Law School, 1980
Legal Experience: Trial
attorney, Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel; Since 1988 he has
been associated with and legal counsel for conservative activist organizations
such as ACLJ and CASE and has argued 12 cases before the US Supreme Court. The
National Law Journal has twice name him one of the 100 most influential lawyers
in America. More importantly, he is frequently published and has a highly rated
daily radio program and a weekly television show so is a polished media
performer. All that said, he does have
his detractors and several questionable business dealings in his past.
Pat Cipollon:
https://informationcradle.com/pat-cipollone/
, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Cipollone
Law School: University of
Chicago Law School, 1991
Legal Experience: Law clerk
for Judge Danny Boggs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit (1991–1992); assistant to the US
Attorney General (1992–1993); since then a law firm partner where he was a
highly successful commercial litigator as evidences by his reported 2017-2018
income of $6.7 Million.
Kenneth Starr https://www.biography.com/law-figure/ken-starr
, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Starr
Law School: Duke
University School of Law,
Legal Experience: Law clerk
to Fifth Circuit Judge David W. Dyer (1973-1974), Law Clerk to Chief Justice
Warren Burger (1975–1977), Private practice (1977-1981), Counselor to U.S. attorney
general (1981–1983), United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia
Circuit (1983-1989), 39th Solicitor General of the United States (1989–1993). From
1994 – 1998 led numerous investigations into White House incidents (e.g.
Whitewater, Vincent Foster, Travelgate, Filegate) culminating in 1998 as the Independent Counsel for the Impeachment of
President William J. Clinton resulting in Clinton’s Senate acquittal but five-year
suspension of his law license; Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law
(2004-2010); President and Chancellor Baylor University (2010 - 2016).
Pam Bondi: https://www.businessobserverfl.com/article/legally-bondi
, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Bondi
Law School: Stetson
University Law School, 1990
Legal Experience: prosecutor
and Assistant State Attorney Hillsborough County, Florida (1992-2009); Florida's
37th attorney general and first woman (2010-2018); unable to run
again because of term limits.
Robert Ray: https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/19/us/an-aggressive-prosecutor-now-enters-the-limelight-as-starr-s-successor.html
, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ray_(prosecutor)
Law School: Washington and Lee University Law School,
Legal Experience: Law clerk to Frank X. Altimari, Second
Circuit Judge (1986-1989);Ffederal prosecutor Assistant United States Attorney
from the Southern District of New York, Organized and Violent Crime Unit (1989-1995),
New York Times described him as “an aggressive prosecutor with an enviable rate
of success”; detailed to the Office of Independent Counsel 1995; served
successively as Chief Associate Independent Counsel, Counselor to the
Independent Counsel, and Deputy Independent Counsel; in October 1999, replaced
Kenneth W. Starr as independent counsel to wrap up the investigation of
President William Jefferson Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Jane Raskin: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/new-trump-lawyers-known-winning-tough-white-collar-criminal-trials-n869081
, https://profiles.superlawyers.com/florida/coral-gables/lawyer/jane-serene-raskin/239ccca1-967c-4e46-8c2e-5bd9bc56d5d5.html
Law School: Boston College Law School, 1980
Legal Experience: Private practice (1980-1983); Department of Justice trial attorney with the
Organized Crime and Racketeering Section’s Boston Strike Force investigating
and prosecuting major organized crime cases including convicting the underboss
of the New England mafia (1983-1986); appointed Counsel to the Assistant Attorney
General of the Criminal Division advising on sensitive cases, policy, and
assisted in the supervision of criminal investigations and prosecutions nationwide;
served as First Assistant United States Attorney for the District of
Massachusetts; a litigation partner in a prominent DC law office; joined with
her husband, another very prominent attorney, to form Raskin & Raskin, a practice
specializing in white collar criminal matters and related administrative and
civil action; reputation for “laboring for years in the legal trenches,
establishing a long track record of successfully defending clients in
white-collar federal criminal prosecutions” according to the New York Times.
Law School: Benjamin
N. Cardozo School of Law, 1987
Legal Experience: Assistant district
attorney and senior investigative and trial counsel for the New York County
District Attorney’s Office 1987-1983; Vice president and legal counsel of the
investigations department at Citibank, N.A.; since 1996 a partner at Kasowitz
Benson Torres LLP, a law firm that has represented Trump in numerous cases over
the last 15 years; also has many outside business interests.
judge
of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1962-1963); Law
clerk for Supreme Court Associate Justice Arthur Goldberg (1963-1964); faculty Harvard
Law School assistant professor (1964), full professor (1967); appointed Felix
Frankfurter professor of law (1993); legal career focused on criminal law,
high-profile clients included: Patty Hearst, Harry Reems, Leona Helmsley, Jim
Bakker, Mike Tyson, Michael Milken, O.J. Simpson, Kirtanananda Swami and reportedly
Nelson Mandela; retired Harvard Law in Dec 2013, now Professor Emeritus.
Alan Dershowitz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dershowitz
Law School: Yale Law School, 1962
Legal Experience: Law clerk for David L. Bazelon, chief
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