Chamber Critics Cite Hacked E-Mails in Ethics Complaint Against 3 Hunton Partners
Three Hunton & Williams partners are accused of ethical violations in a complaint filed by a group that opposes the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The complaint, based on information from a security firm’s hacked e-mails, accuses the partners of considering proposals to undermine Chamber critics, according to The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times and a press release. The organization filing the complaint, Stop the Chamber, was among the groups that would have been targeted in proposals submitted to Hunton by three security companies.
The e-mails had discussed ideas to discredit chamber critics, including giving anti-Chamber groups a false document that could later be exposed as a fake. The law firm has refused to comment on the e-mails, and did not respond to a new call from The BLT. The Chamber has said it didn’t request or discuss such a plan.
Named in the complaint (PDF), filed with the District of Columbia bar, are partners Robert Quackenboss, John Woods and Richard Wyatt Jr., the press release says.
