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Eric Holder: the $2 Million Nominee

By | 12.23.08 | 9:02 am

Here’s an interesting tidbit from yesterday’s Legal Times: Attorney General-designate Eric Holder last week revealed to the Senate Judiciary Committee that he earned more than $2.1 million in 2008 as a partner at Covington & Burling. That’s even better than the average partner at the firm, who earns a More…

Eric Holder: A Safe Choice

By | 11.18.08 | 5:11 pm

It should come as no surprise to anyone who follows these things that President-elect Barack Obama today chose as the new attorney general his campaign co-chair Eric Holder, a former deputy AG in the Clinton Administration and partner at the Washington law firm Covington & Burling. The thing about Holder More…