Ken Paxton hires 2 longtime lawyers

[TexasTowelie]

Complying with a court-ordered deadline, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday named the legal team that will defend him against charges that he violated state securities laws in business dealings in 2011 and 2012.

Paxton’s defense will be led by Dan Cogdell, a 33-year Houston attorney who has built a national reputation as an effective criminal defense lawyer in securities law and other white-collar cases.

Terri Moore of Fort Worth spent 18 years as a prosecutor, twice ran for office as a Democrat.

Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/news/ken-paxton-hires-2-longtime-lawyers/nncKR/

[TexasTowelie]

1. The first two comments are interesting:

1. Are Paxton's lawyers going to receive indigent wages?

2. Paxton, a government employee and due to the nature of his elected position; is sworn to uphold the law as established by the government. It's curious to find the following statement from his lead attorney's website:

"He has fought for clients and beaten the government in some of their most important cases both across Texas and across the country." - Cogdell Law Firm

So Paxton is out to 'beat the government'... how ironic.

[Downwinder]

2. Wonder where ALEC is in all of this.

Rep. Ken W. Paxton (R-8), ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force Alternate

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Texas_ALEC_Politicians