Legal career John M. Dowd

1 legal career

1.1 iran–contra affair
1.2 baseball
1.3 john mccain
1.4 adm
1.5 fife symington
1.6 monica goodling
1.7 raj rajaratnam
1.8 donald trump

legal career

from departure department of justice, dowd joined law firm heron, burchette, ruckert & rothwell in washington, d.c. office. dowd left heron burchette in 1990 , joined law firm of akin gump strauss hauer & feld later became partner. dowd has set own practice, john m. dowd, in washington, d.c.

iran–contra affair

during iran-contra affair, dowd represented robert c. dutton, former air force officer , associate major general richard secord oversaw contra air supply effort.

baseball

dowd special counsel commissioner of baseball led banning of major league baseball player , manager pete rose cincinnati reds. in role special counsel commissioners, peter ueberroth , subsequently a. bartlett giamatti, submitted 225-page report in may 1989, detailed rose s betting on baseball games in 1980s. report led rose s being placed on baseball s ineligible list in august 1989, though no evidence discovered rose bet against reds according dowd. dowd mentioned in 2002 espn interview did . rose later filed defamation suit against dowd in july 2016 after comments dowd made in radio interview last summer alluding rose engaging in statutory rape. sworn statement filed in july 2017 in dowd s defense alleging rose had sexual relationship minor.

in additional investigating rose, dowd scrutinized several members of major league baseball betting. dowd investigated outfielder lenny dykstra on allegations of betting on baseball games in 1991. dykstra cleared, admonished gambling addiction. manager don zimmer , 2 umpires, rich garcia , frank pulli, given 2 years probation in 1989 sports betting. investigation kept secret until 2002 when new york daily news disclosed it.

at request of baseball commissioner fay vincent, dowd assigned compile report on new york yankees owner george steinbrenner s $40,000 payment howard spira dig dirt on outfielder dave winfield in 1990. work led vincent banning steinbrenner s day-to-day operations of yankees on july 30, later sued yankees minority owners harold m. bowman , daniel r. mccarthy. suit bowman , mccarthy sought $30,000 in damages dowd thrown out in court in 1991 district judge, robert w. sweet.

during mitchell report, looked culture of steroid abuse in major league baseball, dowd brought allegations against former maine senator george j. mitchell independence of probe. after release of report dowd convinced mitchell had done job.

john mccain

dowd represented senator john mccain during senate ethics investigation known keating 5 in hearings held in 1990 , 1991. john mccain cleared impropriety senate committee, reprimanded , criticized poor judgment.

adm

akin gump retained archer daniels midland (adm) during lysine price-fixing conspiracy develop defense strategy following fbi raid of adm s offices in june 1995. dowd interviewed employee mark whitacre 4 hours @ time informant fbi. whitacre told dowd role informant , dowd informed adm s management, in retaliation, accused whitacre of embezzlement. film informant!, based on lysine price-fixing conspiracy, dowd portrayed stand-up comedian bob zany.

fife symington

arizona governor fife symington retained dowd adviser when faced questioning united states house committee on financial services on savings , loan crisis in late-1980s , early-1990s on using position improperly access loans favorable terms. dowd represented symington during latter s trial extortion , bank fraud in 1996 , 1997, of convicted bank fraud. symington convicted on 7 of 21 counts , acquitted on 3, other 11 resulting in hung jury. conviction reversed united states court of appeals ninth circuit in 2000. symington later pardoned president bill clinton in 2001, whom symington had once saved rip tide off of connecticut.

monica goodling

dowd represented monica goodling in dismissal of u.s. attorneys overseen attorney general, alberto gonzales. goodling advised dowd invoke fifth , avoid testifying congress firing of 8 u.s. attorneys. dowd said investigation hostile .

raj rajaratnam

dowd defended hedge fund manager founder of galleon group, raj rajaratnam in insider trading case. dowd created tension against press flipping off photographer in may 2011 following rajaratnam s guilty conviction.

donald trump

since june 2017, dowd has been part of president donald trump s personal legal team charged advising president while there investigation possible collusion members 2016 campaign , russian government. dowd recommended president trump attorney ty cobb added legal team.

in august 2017, dowd forwarded email conservative journalists, government officials , friends echoed secessionist civil war propaganda , declared group black lives matter has been totally infiltrated terrorist groups. email claimed robert e. lee no different washington , there literally no difference between 2 men. email written jerome almon, writes various conspiracy theory websites; almon said had sent email follow-up telephone conversation dowd previous week, , hoping dowd circulate email trump.