[EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second in a series of stories profiling the in-house lawyers at the companies involved in the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Come back to CorpCounsel.com for more profiles of the general counsel and in-house lawyers working at companies involved in the spill. Or go to Part I in the series on BP general counsel Rupert Bondy.]

BP PLC‘s top lawyer Rupert Bondy and other company executives may have met with President Obama at the White House on Wednesday — but Bondy is not the only general counsel in the crosshairs of government officials as oil continues to spew unchecked in the Gulf of Mexico.