U.S. v. STEIN

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc A. Weinstein, Justin S. Weddle, Katherine Polk Failla, Kevin M. Downing, Stanley J. Okula, Jr., Julian J. Moore, Assistant United States Attorneys, Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney, New York, NY, for U.S.

David Spears, Richards Spears Kibbe & Orbe LLP, New York, NY, Craig Margolis, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant Jeffrey Stein.

Stanley S. Arkin, Arkin Kaplan LLP, New York, NY, Joseph V. DiBlasi, Kew Gardens, NY, Elizabeth A. Fitzwater, Arkin Kaplan LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Jeffrey Eischeid.

Michael S. Kim, Leif T. Simonson, Kobre & Kim LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Mark Watson.

Stuart Abrams, M. Breeze McMennamin, David S. Hammer, Frankel & Abrams, Jack S. Hoffinger, Susan Hoffinger, Hoffinger Stern & Ross, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Raymond J. Ruble.

Ronald E. DePetris, Marion Bachrach, Dana Moskowitz, DePetris & Bachrach, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Philip Wiesner.

John F. Kaley, Doar Rieck Kaley & Mack, New York, NY, for Defendant Steven Gremminger.

Susan R. Necheles, Hafetz & Necheles, for Defendant Richard Rosenthal.

James R. DeVita, Bryan Cave LLP, New York, NY, John A. Townsend, Townsend & Jones LLP, Houston, TX, for Defendant Carol Warley.

Michael Madigan, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC, Robert H. Hotz, Jr., Christopher T. Schulten, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant John Lanning.

Russell M. Gioiella, Richard M. Asche, Litman, Asche & Gioiella, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Carl Hasting.

Cristina Arguedas, Ann Moorman, Arguedas, Cassman & Headly, LLP, Berkeley, CA, Michael Horowitz, Michelle Seltzer, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Washington, DC, for Gregg Ritchie.

Gerald B. Lefcourt, Gerald B. Lefcourt, P.C., Jay Philip Lefkowitz, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant David Amir Makov.

Caroline Rule, Robert S. Fink, Christopher M. Ferguson, Usman Mohammad, Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Richard Smith.

Richard Mark Strassberg, Goodwin Proctor LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant David Greenberg.

George D. Niespolo, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant Randy Bickham.

Steven M. Bauer, Karli E. Sager, Latham & Watkins, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant John Larson.

David C. Scheper, Julio V. Vergara, Overland Borenstein Scheper & Kim LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant Robert Pfaff.

John R. Wing, Diana D. Parker, Lankier, Siffert & Wohl, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Larry DeLap.

Charles A. Stillman, Stillman Friedman & Schechtman, P.C., Carl S. Rauh, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, for KPMG LLP.

Lewis J. Liman, Stephen M. Rich, Jennifer A. Kennedy, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Paul B. Bergman, Paul B. Bergman, P.C., for the New York Council of Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae.

Stephanie Martz, Mark I. Levy, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae.

William R. McLucas, Howard M. Shapiro, Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, Christopher Davies, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, George R. Kramer, Renee S. Dankner, Marjorie E. Gross, Robin S. Conrad, Amar D. Sarwal, for The Securities Industry Association, The Association of Corporate Counsel, The Bond Market Association and The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America as Amici Curiae.

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Facts ...................................................................................336
     The Thompson Memorandum ............................................................336
     KPMG Gets Into Trouble and "Cleans House" ..........................................338
     KPMG's Policy on Payment of Legal Fees ......................................

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                

                            
                            

                                

                                    

                                        

                                        

                                        

                                    
                                
                                

                                    
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