The Washington-based law firm founded by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft in 2007 has scooped up four Bush administration U.S. Attorneys to staff offices in Austin, Dallas, St. Louis, and Boston. Johnny Sutton, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, will head the Austin firm, along with new firm partner, John Ratcliffe, who was U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas from 2007 to 2008. The Texas firm will be called Ashcroft Sutton & Ratcliffe.
Ashcroft told the Austin Business Journal:
“This is a next-generation law firm … The law firm of the future has got to be nimble, agile and capable of focusing resources based on talent and expertise and be able to deploy them where they are needed.”
As we previously reported, the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, Catherine Hanaway, resigned April 17 to join the new firm. Also joining the firm is the former U.S. Attorney in Boston, Michael Sullivan, who resigned earlier this month. The firm will be known as Ashcroft Sullivan LLC in Massachusetts.
