Holder litigated against rights claims
Jennifer Haberkorn
washingtontimes.comAttorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who challenged the country last week to confront race relations, has found himself on both sides of the courtroom on civil rights cases during his eight-year tenure at a high-profile Washington law firm.
And during his last stint at the Justice Department – when he served as deputy attorney general, the agency’s No. 2 position, from 1997 to 2001 – the number of civil rights enforcement cases taken through the courts to a verdict fell, records show.
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A review of Mr. Holder’s private legal practice shows that he represented companies accused of discrimination as well as individuals who claimed their civil rights had been violated by the federal or state governments, among many other cases.
Until recently, Mr. Holder was part of the pro bono group that represented Dennis Patrick Brown, according to written answers he provided the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing. Mr. Brown was wrongfully convicted of rape nearly 20 years ago in Louisiana and was exonerated by DNA evidence in 2005 through work by the Innocence Project-New Orleans. (more…)
