Clinton-era appointee dead in apparent suicide

[Nagishkaw 510]

WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney who served in the Clinton administration was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide at his Washington law office.

Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, an Atlanta-based firm, confirmed in a statement that attorney Mark Levy had died.

"Mark Levy was well known and highly respected for his successful appearances before the Supreme Court of the United States," said Bill Dorris, the firm's co-managing partner.

Levy was a deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice between 1993 and 1995 and served five years in the Solicitor General's office.

D.C. Police spokeswoman Helen Andrews said officers were called to an office building where the firm is located to investigate a shooting Thursday morning. Investigators believe it was a suicide.

Levy attended Yale University's law school with former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and more recently worked on fundraising for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, said Dennis Gingold, an attorney who was working with Levy on a case.

"I don't know anyone who isn't shocked by what just happened," Gingold said. "He was a good guy. He really was ... and professionally, he was first class."

During his career, Levy had argued 16 cases before the Supreme Court. At Kilpatrick Stockton, he served as counsel and chair of the firm's Supreme Court and appellate advocacy practice. Levy, who was married and has two children, lived in Bethesda, Md.

The firm had announced this week that 24 lawyers would be laid off. Officials at Kilpatrick Stockton did not respond to telephone and e-mail inquiries Thursday as to whether Levy had been laid off.

The death comes after the chief financial officer of mortgage giant Freddie Mac killed himself last week. David Kellermann was found dead April 22 in the basement of his northern Virginia home. Colleagues had noticed he was under stress and had suggested he take time off.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/20...RM_Exclude=Juno

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Are going to have another Stephen Foster like investigation?

[Nagishkaw 510]

You mean Vince Foster.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You mean Vince Foster.

Thanks! I had a lazy moment there!

Not to be confused:

Stephen Collins Foster In today's music industry he would be worth millions of dollars a year; on January 13, 1864, he died at age 37 with 38 cents in his pocket and a penciled scrap of paper that read, "dear friends and gentle hearts." His brother Henry described the accident in the New York theater-district hotel that led to his death: confined to bed for days by a persistent fever, Stephen tried to call a chambermaid, but collapsed, falling against the washbasin next to his bed and shattering it, which gouged his head. It took three hours to get him to the hospital, and in that era before transfusions and antibiotics, he succumbed after three days.

Edited May 1, 2009 by Mister_Bill

[Nagishkaw 510]

Completely understand. I have SENIOR moments on a daily basis.

[Danno 1,228]

Question is; Is this the ongoing Clinton Curse or not?

What was the death toll at last count?

With Obama, we have Change (we can believe in).

Rather than taking out people in a clandestine method, he seems to drive people into "really killing themselves".

Edited May 1, 2009 by Danno

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Question is; Is this the ongoing Clinton Curse or not?

Hillary is mostly out-of-country so unable to do much mischief stateside (exactly why she was appointed SecState).

What was the death toll at last count?

With Obama, we have Change (we can believe in).

Rather than taking out people in a clandestine method, he seems to drive people into "really killing themselves".

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

hmmm, history repeats itself. a dead attorney, a clinton in public office......