Lazy Sunday...

lazy sunday

Yesterday was Sunday and I did absolutely nothing productive until 4:30 pm at which time I pulled myself off the couch and went for a run just prior to dark. After, I did manage to leaf through my favorite paper, The Oregonian, and came across an article about a federal case I had actually worked on. Turns out my former employer got the federal indictment against her client, a former Flir executive, dismissed. For those not in the know, this is a Herculean feat!

The article explained how the dismissal was achieved--basically a 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination claim. To elaborate, the SEC investigated the exec for accounting fraud while the US Attorney's Office gathered the evidence in the background and dodged questions by the defendant as to whether a criminal investigation was pending. There was even a doc from the Assistant US Attorney outlining a strategy to get mixed stories from the defendant in order to file more criminal charges! Regardless, the article helped me to realize how much I enjoy studying law.

As pointless as some of the profession seems at times, one person really can change how the government treats its citizens. I was a (very small) part of that.

Guess what's on my fridge?

Oregonian Article