Legal Ethics Scholar

Richard Painter

1 article 2010

Richard Painter is a legal ethics expert and professor at the University of Minnesota Law School who served as the chief White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007. He contributed to The Weekly Standard on matters of legal ethics and government service. He has been a prominent voice on issues of government ethics and professional responsibility.

DOJ’s Ex-Detainee Lawyers: The Ethics Issue

March 22, 2010 · Blog, Edwin D. Williamson

One neglected issue in the controversy over the revelation that there are at least nine (or ten, if you count Attorney General Eric Holder) Justice Department lawyers who represented, or filed briefs in support of, Guantanamo detainees is whether those lawyers are complying with applicable ethics…