Sunday, January 11, 2009

Alberto Gonzales's Job Search

The Austin American-Statesman reports that Alberto Gonzales has been unable to land a job with a law firm since resigning from his position as attorney general. Gonzales blames this on the economy and the "tough time for law firms." Under the circumstances, he says, firms "are going to be careful about bringing on people where there are questions about things that may have happened in their past."

Apparently Gonzales thinks that in good times law firms don't care about "things that may have happened in [a job applicant's] past." With the caveat that I don't know much about law firm hiring practices, I'd venture he's off base about that.

Carolyn Elefant's interpretation at Legal Blog Watch is that firms are giving Gonzales a taste of his own medicine and rejecting him on the basis of his political views. She points out that many big firms are representing Guantanamo detainees in habeas proceedings and suggests that Gonzales's approach to detainees while at DOJ would make him unwelcome at those firms.

I dig the poetic justice in this explanation, and it's more plausible than the tough job market. It doesn't seem correct to me, though, because I'd think that there are well-regarded law firms whose partnerships mostly share Gonzales's views on detainee policy (and other issues of public controversy).

My guess is that Gonzales is in a tough spot because much of what he did as attorney general looks to be not just despicable but also illegal and, possibly, criminal. Criminal prosecution, perhaps for perjurious testimony before Congress, is possible. (Less likely, but not out of the question, is eventual prosecution in the United States or elsewhere for his role in war crimes while he was White House counsel.) In good times and bad, most firms with reputations to protect are probably reluctant to attach their name to a lawyer who may soon be indicted for his performance at his last job.

Posted by David Gold

6 comments:

Michael C. Dorf said...

The real mystery is that Gonzales has not at least landed a job in a conservative think tank. There, the irony may be that he's not considered sufficiently right-wing. It reminds me of a great line I heard about Arlen Specter when, some years ago, he was considering running for President. "Specter has only two problems: the right hates him and the left hates him."

Quim said...

The reasons for not hiring Gonzales already mentioned in this post all seem valid to me. I would add two more:

- Besides corrupt, the public record also shows that he was deeply incompetent on multiple occasions;

- Besides corrupt and incompetent, it is also in the public record that his character is extremely weak.

Provided all the above, if he wants to remain in the legal profession, the only real opening I can imagine is public defender, where employers usually can't afford being too picky. Low salary? He could complement that with acting as a human target (for wet sponges) at local funfairs. While the former would still be an injustice (everybody deserves good counsel, especially the needy), I'd gladly contribute to the latter.

PeonInChief said...

Might it not also be the racism of the right?

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