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BigLaw Making BIG Contributions to Inauguration

oic bannerThe Obama Presidential Inauguration Committee has posted its list of donors.  We’ve skimmed it and here are some of the more-notable contributions we found (individual cap is $50,000):

Bernard Taylor, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, $25,000
Paolo di Rosa, Arnold & Porter, DC, $10,000
Edward Krugman, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, NY, $25,000
David Casey, Casey Gerry Law Firm, San Diego, $50,000 — ???
David Gelfand, Cleary Gottlieb, DC, $10,000
Steven Cohen, Cohen Law Group, Chicago, $50,000 — ???
Michelle Lerach, Coughlin Stoia, San Diego, $50,000 (presumably on behalf of imprisoned hubby Bill, a huge Democratic supporter)
Lee Miller, DLA Piper, Chicago, $25,000
Sandford Stein, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Chicago, $25,000
Cantwell Muckenfuss, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, DC, $50,000
Ted Boutrous, Gibson Dunn, LA, $25,000
John Mathias, Jenner & Block, Chicago, $25,000
Randall Speck, Kaye Scholer, DC, $10,000
Nelson Rising, McGuire Woods, LA, $50,000
David Narefsky, Mayer Brown, Chicago, $10,000
John Schmidt, Mayer Brown, Chicago, $10,000
Mary Richardson-Lowry, Mayer Brown, Chicago, $10,500 (had to show up her partners?)
Young Joon Kim, Milbank, NY, $10,000
James Pooley, Morrison & Foerster, LA, $25,000
Eric Richards, O’Melveny & Myers, LA, $10,250
Jeffrey McFarland, Quinn Emanuel, LA, $50,000
Duane Lyons, Quinn Emanuel, LA, $10,000
Steve Madison, Quinn Emanuel, LA, $10,000
Keith Wofford, Ropes & Gray, NY, $25,000
Thomas Kole, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, $50,000
Alfred Pietrzak, Sidley & Austin, NY, $10,000
Charles Smith, Skadden, Chicago, $25,000
Susan Hassan, Skadden, Chicago, $50,000
Neal Mann, Susman Godfrey, Houston, $25,000
Max (“the trouble with”) Tribble, Susman Godfrey, Houston, $25,000
John Cogan, WilmerHale, Boston, $50,000
Thomas Lane, Winston & Strawn, $25,000

So if you think your bonus was a little short this year, there are some people to catch in the halls.

By the way, for those single fellas, there’s a hole slew of women listed as “Not Employed” who donated $50,000.  You might want to look into that.

What others did we miss?  Who are these folks?

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