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| Chesley in his office |
One of the curious things about the Stanley Chesley case was that the State of Ohio employed Chesley to represent it in a Class Action case arising out of the Fannie Mae mortgage meltdown. Stories quoted Chesley on the subject all while the fen-phen scandal clearly implicated him in the historic rip off the of fen-phen class and cover-up that resulted in the long imprisonment of his co-counsel and disbarment proceeding against him and others. In other words, Chesley continued to represent one of the largest states in the union in a major piece of litigation under both democratic and republican Ohio governments. Chesley received the work under former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, a democrat, but he kept the work when former US Senator and Lt. Governor, Mike DeWine, a republican, took over the Attorney General's office during the last general election. Perhaps the status quo remained under the republicans because Chesley et al. hired former republican operative, and treasurer Joe Deters?
This all changed, yesterday, when Mike DeWine finally brought the axe down on Chesley as it related to official Ohio representation. Chesley who is facing permament loss of licensure is no longer representing the State of Ohio. Here's a
link to the
Cincinnati Enquirer story.
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