Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Were it not for her choice in prospective employers, Kathleen Willey's story might have remained merely a small-bore American tragedy. For decades the vivacious, attractive former flight attendant enjoyed an enviable life. She was wed to an apparently successful real estate lawyer named Edward E. Willey Jr., the son of a powerful Virginia state legislator. The couple, who had two children, skied Vail, drove luxury cars and plied such Democratic social circles as befitted their connections and an occasional $10,000 campaign contribution. For some years, however, arguments over money had frayed the marriage...
...wandering the West Wing "disheveled. Her face was red, and her lipstick was off. She was flustered, happy and joyful." Willey then allegedly told Tripp that Clinton had taken her to an office hideaway, kissed and fondled her. The story was consistent with a tale told to Paula Jones' lawyer Joseph Cammarata by an anonymous caller claiming to be the object of Clinton's attentions. The caller may not have been Willey--in fact, sources close to Willey believe it was Tripp--but Cammarata eventually tracked the Virginia socialite down and subpoenaed...
...episode caused a splash, in part because Clinton did help Willey, if modestly: for 10 months she worked as a secretary in the White House counsel's office, sitting next to Tripp. (Snipes a former lawyer with the office: "She did even less than Linda. She seemed to spend most of her time on the phone.") Later Willey served, by explicit presidential appointment, as the only non-expert member of U.S. delegations to Copenhagen and Jakarta, unsalaried but comfortably accommodated. Her son Patrick was accepted as a White House intern. Another intriguing point was a seeming gaffe by presidential attorney...
When her world exploded last week, Tripp needed more than a friend. She found a willing lawyer in James Moody, a specialist in, of all things, farm regulations. But he is no backwater attorney. In fact, his involvement may signal that Tripp has been building strong ties to the conservative community over the past few months. Moody came highly recommended by George Conway, a conservative lawyer who was instrumental in writing the brief that resulted in the 9-0 Supreme Court decision in favor of Paula Jones. Still, Conway denied last week that he ever met Tripp or Goldberg...
...point of pride, a trait held paramount in defining oneself. Some might have looks or will; Ted Kaczynski prized his brilliance. So it was in a sort of self-defense that he refused to allow his mind to be called into question, first by trying to fire his lawyers for planning a mental-defect defense, at least in the penalty phase of the trial. Kaczynski wanted to hire another lawyer, but Judge Garland Burrell Jr. scotched that idea as coming too late in the game...