LNL – Firm who gives Hood money in exchange for contracts also gives to other state AGs
EW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Contributions from four major personal injury law firms are a significant portion of New York Attorney General-hopeful Kathleen Rice’s campaign fund.
One of those three is Houston’s Bailey Perrin Bailey, which has donated heavily to officials who have hired them to represent their respective states in litigation. The contributions were brought to light in a recent New York Times report.
Bailey Perrin Bailey has given $46,000 to Rice, the Nassau County district attorney hoping to earn the Democratic nomination.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell hired BPB, which donated $75,000 to his campaign fund and offered $16,000 in air travel, for a case against three pharmaceutical companies.
The firm donated $75,000 to Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who hired it for a case against Eli Lilly & Co., and $70,000 to the Arkansas Democratic Party in 2006. Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel also hired BPB to sue Eli Lilly.
Also contributing to Rice is Illinois firm Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd, donated $46,599 to Rice last December, the article states.
Legal News Line
5/20/10
Magnolia Tribune
