{"id":4230,"date":"2007-12-12T15:29:55","date_gmt":"2007-12-12T21:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4230"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:40:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:40:06","slug":"gonzales-named-lawyer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/gonzales-named-lawyer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Gonzales named lawyer of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/asm-albertogonzales3h.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/asm-albertogonzales3h.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Associated Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Negative news coverage may have cost former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales his job, but it won him a dubious honor Wednesday from a magazine published by the American Bar Association: Lawyer of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the ABA Journal named Gonzales&#8217; successor, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, as its top lawyer for 2008 &#8212; mostly in anticipation of how often he&#8217;ll be in the media spotlight for trying to repair the beleaguered Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>The monthly magazine gave the awards to lawyers who made the most news, said editor and publisher Edward A. Adams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Think about Time magazine&#8217;s Person of the Year,&#8221; Adams said in an interview. &#8220;In years past they&#8217;ve named people like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin. So we&#8217;re not suggesting by these awards that these are the best lawyers in any sense of the word. We are saying they are the most newsworthy &#8212; and perhaps also the best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associated Press Negative news coverage may have cost former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales his job, but it won him a dubious honor Wednesday from a magazine published by the American Bar Association: Lawyer of the Year. 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