Facing a grilling before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform last week, former Department of Energy official Jonathan Silver turned to Dickstein Shapiro for help. But the firm's effort on Silver's behalf backfired when committee members directed their ire at the law firm.
Committee chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) produced a copy of what he termed "a disturbing" email from an unnamed Dickstein employee. It read: "If possible, please do not direct questions to Jonathan Silver.…He's a client of my firm. :)" Issa said, "From the committee's standpoint, the question is whether to refer this to the bar association, whether it's an interference with Congress, which I find it to be." Appearing perplexed, Silver, who oversaw the loan program that funded now-bankrupt solar power company Solyndra, said he was not familiar with the email but would look into it.
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