Dewhurst Contributions: A Lot of Money from Fulbright & Jaworski

It takes a while for the FEC to put up the list of individual donations (even longer than putting up the summary reports), so I didn’t think to check out David Dewhurst’s individual contributions until this week. One thing that jumped out at me from the report was just how many donations he got from lawyers at Fulbright & Jaworski.

Fulbright & Jaworski ranked 52 overall on the Vault list of the top 100 law firms in the U.S., and fourth in the energy sector. The Jaworksi in the name comes from Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski. They’re headquartered in Houston but have offices worldwide. They’re generally considered one of the three biggest law firms in Houston, the other two being Baker Botts and Vinson & Elkins.

From the FEC, here are the donations Dewhurst received from Fulbright & Jaworski employees for his senate race (presented in the same format provided by the FEC, both for authenticity, and because I’m too lazy to reformat them):

  • BELL, JERRY A MR JR AUSTIN TX 78701 09/27/2011 1000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, L.L.P./ATTOR
  • BODE, JOYCE R MS AUSTIN TX 78701 09/27/2011 1000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, L.L.P.
  • BRADEN, PAUL MR HOUSTON TX 77024 09/27/2011 250.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI LLP/ATTORNEY
  • CAUDILL, WILLIAM H MR HOUSTON TX 77006 09/19/2011 1000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, L.L.P./ATTOR
  • DILLARD, STEPHEN C MR HOUSTON TX 77056 09/29/2011 500.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P./ATTORN
  • DRANSFIELD, ROBERT D MR DALLAS TX 75205 09/27/2011 1000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP/ATTORNEY
  • GARCIA, FRANK T MR HOUSTON TX 77024 09/19/2011 500.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP/ATTORNEY
  • GOVETT, BRETT C MR DALLAS TX 75205 09/20/2011 500.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSK/ATTORNEY
  • GRAHAM, JOSEPH M MR JR HOUSTON TX 77056 09/30/2011 300.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP/ATTORNEY
  • HALL, CHARLES W MR HOUSTON TX 77019 09/19/2011 1000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P./LAWYER
  • HETTINGER, GLEN J MR HEATH TX 75032 09/27/2011 1000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI LLP/ATTORNEY
  • HUGHES, THOMAS MR BAYTOWN TX 77521 09/27/2011 1000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI/ATTORNEY
  • KOENIG, RODNEY C MR HOUSTON TX 77010 09/19/2011 250.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP/ATTORNEY
  • KONTRIMAS, ANDRIUS MR HOUSTON TX 77010 09/27/2011 2000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P./ATTORN
  • KRAUSS, LAYNE E MR HOUSTON TX 77010 09/29/2011 1300.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P./ATTORN
  • KRUSE, LAYNE MR HOUSTON TX 77010 09/19/2011 1000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P./ATTORN
  • KUNTZ, STEPHEN A MR HOUSTON TX 77005 09/19/2011 500.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP/ATTORNEY
  • LEGGETTE, L POE DENVER CO 80202 09/27/2011 1000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, L.L.P./ATTOR
  • MACON, JANE MS SAN ANTONIO TX 78205 09/27/2011 1000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, L.L.P./ATTOR
  • MCCLURE, DANIEL MEAD MR HOUSTON TX 77010 09/27/2011 1000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, L.L.P./ATTOR
  • PAKALKA, WILLIAM R MR HOUSTON TX 77010 09/27/2011 500.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P./ATTORN
  • PFEIFFER, STEVEN B MR ALEXANDRIA VA 22301 09/29/2011 1000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P./ATTORN
  • POWELL, CHARLES D MR HOUSTON TX 77005 09/27/2011 2300.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI/PARTNER
  • STEWART, KENNETH L MR DALLAS TX 75225 09/27/2011 1000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP/ATTORNEY
  • TRAUTNER, KEVIN MR HOUSTON, TX 77005 09/19/2011 250.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI LLP/ATTORNEY
  • WOLF, HOWARD MR AUSTIN TX 78703 09/27/2011 2500.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, L.L.P./ATTOR
  • WOLF, HOWARD MR AUSTIN TX 78703 09/27/2011 -2500.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, L.L.P./ATTOR
  • WOLF, HOWARD MR AUSTIN TX 78703 09/27/2011 5000.00 FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, L.L.P./ATTOR

    • I actually offer this up as more of a data point than a “gotcha.” While some Fulbright & Jaworski lawyers have been involved in liberal causes (like representing detained terrorists at Guantanamo Bay), 71% of their political donations have gone to Republicans. Fulbright & Jaworski seems to have done a lot of work for Dewhurst’s company Falcon Seaboard. (The Howard Wolf listed above is actually a retired partner for Fulbright & Jaworsk, as he’s currently President and Acting Chairman of Falcon Seaboard, has been appointed to several state boards, and is one of Dewhurst’s closest confidants.) Indeed, Dewhurst’s ties to the company are so extensive that he was he was willing to do this video taking about how awesome they are:

    (I was also surprised to find an old high school classmate in the same video…)

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    One Response to “Dewhurst Contributions: A Lot of Money from Fulbright & Jaworski”

    1. John Hinds says:
      December 7, 2011 at 8:34 AM

      Williamson County Tea Party hosted an event for GOP senate candidate Glenn Addison last night. I was very impressed with him and switched from my support for Cruz to Addison on the spot. Addison is not getting his message out and that’s too bad because he is clearly the anti-Dewhurst this voter has been looking for and convinced me that Cruz is just as much a big government Republican as Dewhurst. Addison would eliminate multiple federal agencies and get us out of the UN, for starters. I see on this site that he polled 3 or 4% back in Oct. I doubt he’s doing any better now and that’s a shame, in my opinion. He made it clear that Cruz is NOT the Texas Marco Rubio, which line I fell for.

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