Rajaratnam retained the defense attorney John Dowd, from the Washington law firm Akin Gump.

NEWYORKER: A Dirty Business

He has served as deputy mayor and labor commissioner in New York City and is senior counsel with the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld.

FORBES: Leadership

While at Akin Gump, in the early 1980s, Rogers waded into the fight between natural gas suppliers and pipeline operators, who were refusing to buy gas under onerous "take-or-pay" contracts.

FORBES: A Dirty Game

V004-DC-00000171 (Akin, Gump visitor records) (recording visit of "Malensky").

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