- John M. Dowd
John M. Dowd (born
February 11 ,1941 ), an Americanlawyer . He received his J.D. fromEmory University School of Law .Career
As of 2006 Dowd is a partner in the
Washington, D.C. office law firm ofAkin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld .John McCain
Dowd represented Senator John McCain (R-AZ) during the Senate Ethics Investigation known as the
Keating 5 in the hearings held in 1990 and 1991.John McCain along withJohn Glenn received the mildest punishment of the 5 Senators, this may be a reflection partly of Dowd's skill as a lawyer.Pete Rose investigation
Dowd was the investigator and author of a report that led to the banning of
Major League Baseball playerPete Rose . In his role as Special Counsel to the Commissioner,A. Bartlett Giamatti , he produced theDowd Report which detailed Rose's betting on baseball games in the 1980s, including teams Rose was managing at the time. The report led to Rose's lifetime ban in August 1989. The current investigation issued by baseball commissionerBud Selig led byGeorge J. Mitchell has been compared to that led by Dowd.Monica M. Goodling
Dowd is the lawyer representing
Monica M. Goodling in her5th Amendment challenge to speaking before Congress in regard to the firing of nine US Attorneys.
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