PPM116 Kirsten Gillibrand Research Book

KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND
RESEARCH REPORT
DECEMBER, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
METHODOLOGY…………………………………………………………………………………………………..PAGE 3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………………………………….PAGE 4
BIOGRAPHY AND TIMELINE……………………………………………………………………………….PAGE 5
KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND’S CLIENTS…………………………………………………………………….PAGE 7
PROBLEMATIC LAW FIRM CLIENTS………………………………………………………………...PAGE 13
 LAW FIRM’S PRO-BONO WORK…………………………………………………………………PAGE 20
FAMILY VULNERABILITIES…………………………………………………………………………........PAGE 22
LATEST CAMPAIGN NEWS………………………………………………………………………………Page 26
PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION………………………………………………..Page 28

 Family Information
 Relevant Work History
 Boards, Associations, Awards & Memberships
 Licenses
 Voter Registration Information
 Personal Finances
CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION………………………………………………………………...Page 32

 New York City Campaign Contributions
 New York State Campaign Contributions
 Federal Campaign Contributions
RELEVANT PROPERTY INFORMATION…………………………………………………………….Page 39

 14 Devon Road, Larchmont, New York
 358 Mt Merino Rd, Hudson, New York
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METHODOLOGY
The following report presents an analysis of the record of Kirsten Gillibrand. This book includes details
of her career, as well as information regarding her personal and professional interests. The executive
summary outlines main themes and research highlights of the report. The main body of the document is
divided into sections that provide further explanation of the key issues presented in the executive
summary as well as other relevant information.
Specific areas of research include online searches, on the ground research collection in New York City
Hudson and Albany New York, and extensive Lexis Nexis.
Note:
Significant effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this report. Before using this material, please
be certain to understand the facts and nuances within the information presented and always double-check
the facts to verify your claims.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Born and raised in New York, Kirsten Gillibrand earned an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth
University, a Jurist Doctor from the University of Southern California in 1991 and served as a law clerk
on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Following law school she joined the firm of Davis Polk &
Wardell where she worked as an associate for 9 years. After a stint at the Department of Housing and
Urban Development she joined the Boies, Schiller & Flexner as a partner in 2001. A product of a
political family, Kirsten comes from a long line of major figures in Albany politics. Her grandmother
Polly Noonan was the colorful and longtime companion of Albany's legendary mayor Erastus Corning,
and a political force in her own right. Gillibrand's father, Douglas Rutnik, is a lawyer and powerful
Democratic lobbyist. Her mother, Polly Rutnik is also a major figure in Albany politics. Gillibrand lives
in Hudson, New York with her husband Jonathan and son Theodore.
Due to her young age and the fact that she has no voting record on issues any attack on Gillibrand will
likely focus on one of three things; her family and commitment to the region, her law firm work or
something she or her campaign says or does in the course of the election.
Kirsten's family could cause her some political headaches. While her relatives have endured individual
problems outlined below, the most likely attack she will face is that she is a product of Albany's political
machine. The more voters learn about Kirsten family, the more they may not believe that she is a true
political outsider, as she claims. And despite her family’s long ties to the region, Kirsten has spent most
of her life living in New York City and Westchester County and only moved into the district two years
ago – one can assume in preparation for a run to Congress. "When has she ever been interested in our
issues?" voters will be coaxed to ask
Gillibrand's law firm work is the richest vein of attacks. The two firms she is associated with, Boies,
Schiller & Flexner, and Davis, Polk & Wardell have represented a number of clients that represent
political liabilities. While Kirsten’s name does not appear on many dockets, her law firm's client rosters
include big tobacco, oil companies, and a number of white-collar criminals. With no legislative record for
her opponents to criticize, Kirsten's work, and the work of the firms that have employed her, will
be scrutinized for contradictions. When she discusses environmental stewardship, they will bring up her
firm's work for some of the worst environmental offenders such as Exxon Mobil and DuPont. When she
talks about health care and wellness, they will point to her firm's work for large pharmaceutical and
tobacco companies, Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds. Should she discuss retirement security or corporate
responsibility, they will bring up the work her firm did for notorious white-collar criminals such as
executives of Tyco and Adelphia Communications.
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BIOGRAPHY AND TIMELINE
12/9/1966: Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik Born
9/1984: Enrolled in Dartmouth University
6/1986-8/1986: Attended Beijing Normal University, China
9/1986-12/1986: Attended Tunghai University through University

of Massachusetts, Taiwan China
8/1988: Enrolled in University of California, Los Angeles
5/1989-8/1989: Shea and Gold, Summer Associate, New York, NY
5/1990-7/1990: Davis, Polk & Wardell, Summer Associate, New

York, NY
7/1990-8/1990: Interned for US Attorney’s Office for the

Southern District of NY, New York, NY
9/1990-12/1990: United Nations Crime Prevention (Intern),

Vienna, Austria
5/1991: Graduated from UCLA with a J.D.
9/1991: Associate, Davis, Polk & Wardell, New York, NY
11/8/1991: Notified of passing the Bar which was taken on

July 30-31, 1992
1/22/1992: Admitted to State of New York, Supreme Court,

Appellate Division, Clerked for Judge Miner
9/10/1993: Admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia,

Court of Appeals
10/4/1993: Admitted as Member of District of Columbia Bar
12/13/1993: Admitted to Southern District Court of New York

State
12/13/1993: Admitted to Eastern District Court of New York

State
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4/2000: Worked At HUD
4/7/2001: Married Jonathan Gillibrand
6/2001: Partner, Boise Schiller
10/17/2002: Admitted to Colorado District Court
11/12/2003: Son Theodore Gillibrand Born
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KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND’S CLIENTS
The following is a top line review of clients Kirsten represented while at Boies, Schiller & Flexner. A
review of records between 2001 and 2005 indicates that Kirsten’s name is only associated with one
client– Qwest Communications. However, per conversations with Kirsten and as indicated on her
personal financial disclosure form, I’ve investigated work that Boies, Schiller & Flexner may have done
for other clients on the list. In cases where Boies, Schiller & Flexner was mentioned, I’ve noted it. In
cases where Boies, Schiller & Flexner wasn’t mentioned I’ve noted legal problems those clients were
having at the time – please review with the understanding that Kirsten’s firm may not have worked on
those specific cases.
GILLIBRAND REPRESENTED COMPANY FACING ALLEGATIONS OF

FAULTY ACCOUNTING
Qwest Hired Boies Schiller To Investigate Possible Accounting Errors Surrounding Sale Of Fiber-
Optic Capacity Swaps. Qwest's board hired Boies, Schiller & Flexner to launch an investigation into
Qwest's past accounting. The firms investigation found that potential problems were "not quantitatively or
qualitatively material" to Qwest's financial statements and that no changes needed to be made to its
previously reported results. [USA Today, 8/18/03]
Boies Schiller Found Problems In Just 8% Of The Sales, Found Accounting Deals Sound. Qwest
Communications hired Boies, Schiller & Flexner to investigate its controversial fiber-optic capacity sales.
Qwest and Boies Schiller determined that just 8 percent of the deals had problems and according to
sources familiar with the investigation, Boies, Schiller & Flexner initially found the accounting deals
sound. [Denver Post, 9/27/02; Denver Post, 10/4/02]
Law Firm Was Advising Qwest When Company Told Board That Internal Probe Found No
Problems. Boies, Schiller & Flexner advised Qwest at pivotal meetings when the company's board was
told that the internal probe found no problems. [Knight-Ridder, 1/23/03]
Six Months After Probe, Company Decided To Reinstate Over $1 Billion In Revenue. Six months
after the probe finished, the company fired its chief executive officer and decided to restate more than $1
billion in revenue connected to the deals that it once decided were appropriate. At a congressional
hearing, chief financial officer Oren Shaffer said that after reviewing the same deals, he found he could
not justify Qwest’s earlier accounting treatment. Qwest announced it will erase or shuffle $ 2.2 billion in
revenue from its books for 2000 and 2001 due to improper accounting. Of that figure, $ 1.5 billion came
from swaps or sales of fiber-optic strands. [Denver Post, 10/4/02; Denver Post, 3/11/03]
 DOJ And SEC Investigated Deals. The Department of Justice and the Securities Exchange
Commission began to investigate Qwest, each probing whether Qwest improperly recorded revenues
from the fiber-optic deals as immediate gains, even though most of the transactions involved long-
term leases. [Denver Post, 10/4/02]
Report Commissioned By Company Who Swapped Assets With Qwest Detailed Faulty Accounting.
An investigative report by bankrupt Global Crossing who swapped assets with Qwest, detailed three deals
in which the company might have skirted accounting rules. The deals, in which Global Crossing and
Qwest swapped assets, included unwritten or otherwise secret agreements that allowed Global Crossing to
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exchange the assets it bought from Qwest for others at a later time. Such 'side letters,' had they been
known to Qwest's auditors and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, would have invalidated
Qwest's method of accounting for the deals, said a former SEC investigator. [Denver Post, 3/11/03]
Boies Schiller Said Accounting Associated With Enron Deal Showed No Problems, Proved
Inaccurate. Boies Schiller told Qwest that a controversial 2001 network deal with Enron showed no
problems based on a preliminary review, said lawyers familiar with the matter and an auditor's meeting
notes. But the accounting for the Enron deal -- and dozens of others scrutinized in that probe -- has since
been deemed improper by Qwest and added to its proposed restatement. [USA Today, 8/18/03]
Gillibrand Listed As Attorney For Quest Communications In Case To Dismiss Class Action
Lawsuit. According to a report in Securities Class Action Reporter, Gillbrand was one of the attorneys
from Boies, Schiller & Flexner L.L.P representing Quest Communications in their motion to dismiss a
class action complaint for alleged violations of the Securities Exchange Act. [Securities Class Action
Reporter, 2/29/04]
 Plaintiffs Allege Quest Engaged In Faulty Accounting. According to a report in the Securities Class
Action Reporter, “The plaintiffs alleged the defendants engaged in accounting manipulations of
Qwest's financial statements and issued false and misleading statements about Qwest's financial
performance during the class period. The plaintiffs claimed these misrepresentations resulted in a
fictitious inflation in Qwest's stock price. Qwest's stock price fell from a high of over $50 per share to
a low around $7.27 per share at the end of the class period.” [Securities Class Action Reporter,
2/29/04]
GILLIBRAND DEFENDED BIG TOBACCO FROM ALLEGATIONS OF PRICE

FIXING
A review of articles from 2001-2005, turned up one instance where Boies, Schiller & Flexner represented
Philip Morris.
Boies, Schiller & Flexner Defended Philip Morris Against Price Fixing Claim. Boies, Schiller &
Flexner defended Philip Morris in the case, Williamson Oil Company, Inc. v. Philip Morris Companies.
In the lawsuit, Philip Morris was being sued by 1,500 cigarette distributors alleging that major tobacco
companies conspired to fix cigarette prices. In 2002 Boies, Schiller won a summary judgment, which
dismissed the case against Philip Morris. [The American Lawyer, 2/03]
Boies, Schiller & Flexner Defended Philip Morris Against Charges That Company Marketed Lower
Tar Cigarettes As Healthier. Boies, Schiller & Flexner defended Philip Morris in class action case
accusing the company of allegedly violating Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act
("FDUTPA") by designing, selling and marketing Marlboro Lights and Ultra Lights as being substantially
lower in tar and nicotine than regular, or non-light cigarettes. A Florida Judge later decertified the class
action suit. [Class Action Law Monitor, 1/31/04]
CLIENT REPRESENTED BY GILLIBRAND’S FIRM GUILTY OF

ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS, DISCRIMINATION
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A review of articles from 2001-2005, turned up a couple non-specific mentions of Boies, Schiller &
Flexner representing DuPont. It is unclear from the public record what work Boies, Schiller & Flexner
did for DuPont so below is a sampling of legal problems the company has faced over the last four years.
TEFLON LAWSUIT
DuPont Agreed To Pay $16.5 Million In EPA Settlement. In December, 2005, The DuPont Company
agreed to pay $10.25 million in civil fines and fund $6.25 million in research projects to settle allegations
that it failed to report pollution and human contamination from perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, a
chemical used in Teflon and other products. The Environmental Protection Agency said the fine was the
largest administrative civil fine ever obtained for violating the Toxic Substances Control Act and the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. [Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/15/05]
 EPA Accused DuPont Of Withholding The Negative Health Effects Of Teflon For Over 20
Years. The EPA alleged that DuPont withheld information for more than 20 years about the health
effects of PFOA, also known as C-8, an ingredient found in Teflon. They also accused the company of
withholding information about the pollution of water supplies near the company's Washington Works
plant near Parkersburg, W.Va. [Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/15/05]
 EPA Accused DuPont Of Withholding Results Indicating That Chemicals Found In Teflon
Could Pass From Pregnant Women To Baby. The EPA said that DuPont withheld test results
indicating that the chemical had been found in at least one pregnant worker from the Washington
Works plant and had been passed on to her fetus. [Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/15/05]
DuPont Paid $100 Million To Settle Suit Claiming Company Withheld Info About Human Health
Risk Of Teflon. In February, DuPont agreed to pay more than $107 million to settle a class-action lawsuit
filed in 2001 by Ohio and West Virginia residents who claimed that DuPont intentionally withheld and
misrepresented information about the human health threat posed by PFOA. [Philadelphia Inquirer,
12/15/05]
Former DuPont Employee Accused Company Of Covering Up Evidence Of Chemicals Used In

Food Packaging Leached Out PFOA. A former DuPont chemical engineer made allegations that
DuPont covered up data showing that one of its fluorochemicals used in food packaging was leaking
perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), also called C-8, at three times the level set by the FDA. Glenn Evers, who
worked at DuPont for 22 years, lost his job in 2002 in what DuPont says was a company restructuring.
Evers claimed he was "pushed out of the company" for voicing concerns about the health risks associated
with PFOA, and has since filed a wrongful termination lawsuit. [Chemical Week, 11/23/05]
FUNGICIDE BENLATE LAWSUITS
DuPont Paid More Than $1.9 Billion To Settle Lawsuits Associated With Fungicide Benlate. Since
1985, DuPont has paid more than $1.9 billion in damages and legal costs associated with problems caused
by the chemical fungicide, Benlate. The company has also faced racketeering suits charging the company
with hiding evidence of problems. As of December, 2005 the company still had 73 cases pending
involving Benlate. [Motley Fool, 12/15/05]
DuPont Secretly Paid Opposing Lawyers To Resolve Claims Over Fungicide Benlate. DuPont Co.
secretly paid opposing lawyers $6.4 million to resolve claims over the fungicide Benlate. The cases
sprang from lawsuits blaming Benlate for ruining millions of dollars of ornamental plants, trees and food
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crops. DuPont settled 20 of the cases for $59 million in 1996 and secretly paid $6.4 million to lawyers in
Miami who represented the growers. The confidential payment was made public after the growers sued
the lawyers and DuPont over the settlement. [Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/9/03]
CONTAMINATION LAWSUITS
Mississippi Fisherman Awarded $14 Million For Illness Caused By Contamination From DuPont
Plant. In 2005, a jury awarded a Gulf Coast oyster fisherman $14 million for illness he said was caused
by contamination from a DuPont Co. titanium dioxide pigment plant. The ruling was one of 2,000
pollution injury lawsuits filed against DuPont alleging contamination. [Greenwire, 9/7/05]
Study Showed DuPont Was To Blame For Nickel, Chromium Found In Oysters At St. Louis Bay. In
2005, attorney’s commissioned a study which showed that the DuPont factory was responsible for the
high concentrations of nickel and chromium found in St. Louis Bay oysters. The levels of nickel and
chromium were high enough to make the consumption of more than one per day unsafe. [Biloxi Sun-
Herald , 4/28/05]
EPA Alleged DuPont Violated Clean Air Act. In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
accused DuPont of violating the Clean Air Act with emissions from a plant in New Johnsonville, Tenn.
[Bloomberg News, 11/9/04]
DuPont Paid $1.1 Million To Settle Clean Air Act Violations. In 2003, DuPont Co. reached a $1.1
million agreement with the federal government, to settle Clean Air Act violations stemming from a 1997
chemical release from a Louisville plant. The company agreed to pay $550,000 in civil penalties and
agreed to perform environmental projects worth another $552,000, according to the U.S. Justice
Department and Environmental Protection Agency. [Associated Press, 8/1/03]
DuPont 1 Of 8 Companies Ordered To Pay $56 Million To Clean Up Stretch Of Indiana River.
DuPont was one of eight companies who agreed to pay $56 million to clean up a stretch of the Grand
Calumet River polluted with lead, mercury and PCBs. [Associated Press, 8/20/05]
Jury Found DuPont Guilty Of Causing Illnesses Of Two Women Who Grew Up Near Polluted
Plant. A jury found the DuPont Company guilty of causing illnesses of two women who grew up near the
company's shuttered, polluted explosives plant in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. The two women were
among about 1,600 past and present residents of Pompton Lakes, who sued DuPont in 1997 over pollution
at the old plant. Several months before the suit was filed, in an out-of-court settlement, DuPont paid $38.5
million to 427 residents of a company housing complex next to the plant's 600-acre site. Most of them
were employees at the plant, which operated from 1902 to 1994 and produced blasting caps and fuses for
military and commercial use. [New York Times, 6/5/02]
More Than 100 Famers Sued DuPont, BLM For Crop Damage Caused By Herbicide Oust.
More than 100 Idaho farmers and ranchers sued DuPont, seeking hundreds of millions of dollars for crop
damage allegedly done by the herbicide Oust. The complaints allege more than 100,000 acres in 11
counties were affected by Oust. The chemical allegedly was carried by the wind from burned-off
rangeland where the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had the herbicide applied in 1999 and 2000 to
prevent the emergence of noxious weeds. [Associated Press, 4/16/02]
WHITE COLLAR CRIME LAWSUITS
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Group Shareholders Asked SEC To Investigate Whether DuPont Executives Hid Financially
Relevant Info. The DuPont Shareholders for Fair Value coalition, a group of company shareholders,
asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether executives at DuPont Co hid
financially relevant information from investors. The group said it is was calling on the SEC "to compel
company executives to disclose data that would forewarn investors about potentially costly health, safety
and legal liabilities at plants that use or produce perfluorooctanoic acid." [MarketWatch, 5/24/05]
DuPont Dow Elastomers Pled guilty To Price Fixing. In 2005, DuPont Dow Elastomers agreed to plead
guilty and pay $84 million to settle claims that it conspired to fix prices. DuPont Dow Elastomers, which
was formed in 1996, was accused of trying to eliminate competition by participating in an international
conspiracy to fix prices of synthetic rubber from August 1999 until April 2002. [Courier Journal, 1/20/05]
DuPont Paid $44.4 Million To Settle Lawsuit Claiming Company Monopolized Blood Thinning
Drug Market. DuPont Co paid $44.5 million to settle consumer lawsuits claiming the company tried to
monopolize the market for blood-thinning drugs. More than a dozen suits were filed against DuPont,
alleging the firm violated federal antitrust laws by trying to block approval of a less-costly generic version
of a blood thinning drug. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 9/10/02]
DISCRIMINATION LAWSUITS
Woman Awarded $1.29M For Alleged Discrimination While Working At DuPont. Laura Barrios, a
56-year-old woman who said she was the victim of discrimination because of her disability while working
for the DuPont chemical plant in LaPlace, Louisiana was awarded $1.29 million by a jury in U.S. District
Court in New Orleans. Barrios sued DuPont through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
under the American Disabilities Act of 1990 after she was forced to take permanent disability retirement
in 1999. [Times-Picayune, 10/28/04]
Labor Union Accused DuPont Of Labor Law Violations. The Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical, and
Energy Workers International Union accused DuPont Company of labor law violations. The union said
the company has bargained in bad faith, opposes the right of workers to unionize and is in violation of the
U.N.'s Global Compact, which DuPont signed in 2001. As a result, it wanted the company removed from
the Compact. [News Journal, 1/22/04]
GILLIBRAND REPRESENTED CLIENT SUING FOR ANTI-TRUST

VIOLATIONS
A review of articles from 2001-2005, turned up the following instances where Boies, Schiller & Flexner
represented YES Networks.
Boies Schiller Represented YES Network After Cablevision Balked On Deal To Distribute Games
To Subscribers. In Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network, LLC v. Cablevision Systems
Corporation, Boies Schiller represented the YES network, which owned the rights to broadcast Yankees
games. In 2001 the network filed suit after Cablevision balked on a deal to distribute Yankees games to
Cablevision's 3 million subscribers. [The American Lawyer, 2/03]
Boies Schiller Represented YES Network In Antitrust Suit They Filed Against Cablevision. Boies ,
Schiller & Flexner represented YES Network in lawsuit they filed against Cablevision alleging antitrust
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violations. A Manhattan federal judge allowed the case to proceed but said YES failed to adequately
allege the existence of a conspiracy. [Entertainment Litigation Reporter, 10/31/02]
GILLIBRAND REPRESENTED AVIATION WORKERS RIGHT’S

FOUNDATION IN LAWSUIT
Boise Schiller Represented Aviation Workers Right’s Foundation In Lawsuit Charging ALPA Lied
Over TWA-APA Conflict Of Interest. The Aviation Workers' Rights Foundation retained Boies Schiller
to file a complaint with the National Mediation Board charging that the Air Line Pilots Association
(ALPA) was actively trying to recruit pilots from American's Allied Pilots Association into ALPA
membership while representing TWA pilots in its seniority integration battle with APA. Edgar James,
general counsel for APA, called the claim "frivolous." Alan Vickery, an attorney for Boies, Schiller &
Flexner, New York, which represented the foundation, said the filing "responds to ALPA's assertion in its
file before the NMB that it did not spend any money in the year 2000 trying to organize American Airlines
pilots who belong to APA." He said the letter "brings to NMB additional documentary evidence, which
appears to squarely contradict" ALPA's assertions that it had adequately represented TWA pilots.
[Aviation Daily, 2/19/02]
Gillibrand Had Some Involvement In This Case.
Court Info: Allied Pilots Assn v. Bensel, et al

Court United States District Court Northern District Of Texas
Case Name Allied Pilots Assn v. Bensel, et al
Plaintiff Allied Pilots Association
Defendant American Airlines Inc
Docket Case Number 4:02cv149
Filing Date: 2/15/2002
Nature Of Suit: 740 Railway Labor Act
Defendant’s Attorneys Gillibrand, Kirsten E [COR LD NTC] (Others listed include Vickery)
Source: Lexis Nexis Court Link
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GILLIBRAND’S LAW FIRM’S CLIENTS
The following details potential problem cases that Boies, Schiller & Flexner, and Davis, Polk & Wardell
worked while Kirsten was an employee. The law firm’s client roster includes big tobacco, oil companies,
and some of the most famous white collar criminals. With no legislative record for her opponents to
criticize, Kirsten's work, and the work of the firms that have employed her, will be scrutinized
for contradictions. Essentially, anytime she outlines legislative priorities, the opposition is likely to comb
the record searching for corporate cases in which her law firms were on the wrong side of those very
same issues.
GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED BIG TOBACCO IN SUIT OVER

ADDICTIVENESS OF NICOTINE
Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Philip Morris In DOI Investigation Alleging Executives Lied To
Congress About The Addictive Qualities Of Nicotine. Davis Polk & Wardell acted as the chief outside
counsel to Philip Morris while the company was under investigation by the Justice Department, which
alleged tobacco executives perjured themselves before Congress about addictive qualities of nicotine and
concealed from investors material information about health dangers of their product. According to the
Legal Times, the Davis Polk & Wardell lawyer heading up the Philip Morris defense was Robert Fiske.
[Legal Times, 1/20/97]
Davis Polk & Wardell Represented RJ Reynolds Tobacco To Cover Industry Liability For
Tobacco. Davis Polk & Wardell attorney Arthur Golden represented RJ Reynolds Tobacco in landmark
tobacco liability case. RJ Reynolds and Philip Morris negotiated on behalf of other major US Tobacco
companies with the Department of Justice to cover industry liability for tobacco. Under the agreement
liability limits would be granted to tobacco companies in return for advertising curbs and an enormous
payment that could total $300 billion over the next 25 years [American Health Line, 4/16/97]
Two Lawyers From Davis Polk & Wardell Registered To Lobby For RJR Tobacco. In 1997 two
lawyers from Davis Polk & Wardell, Arthur Golden and D. Scott Wise registered to lobby for RJR
Nabisco Inc a parent company of RJ Reynolds Tobacco. [Palm Beach Daily Business Review, 1/2/98]
Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Nabisco In Sale To Philip Morris. In 2000, Davis Polk & Wardell
represented Nabisco in negotiations with Philip Morris when they purchased the company for $14.9
billion. [Daily News, 6/25/00]
Settlement Talks Between Tobacco Industry And State Prosecutors Took Place At Davis Polk &
Wardell Offices. Talks between state prosecutors and the tobacco industry for a settlement of the lawsuits
by 29 states over the recovery of smoking-related Medicaid costs took place at the law offices of Davis
Polk & Wardell. [APX News, 5/22/1997]
 Davis Polk & Wardell Lawyers Strongly Tied To Tobacco Industry. As reported in the American
Lawyer, two partners at Davis Polk & Wardell had strong ties to the tobacco industry. Arthur Golden
a partner at Davis Polk & Wardell represented R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Robert Fiske, Jr.,
negotiated on behalf of Philip Morris Companies. RJ Reynolds and Philip Morris took the lead in
settlement talks on behalf of the industry as a whole. Davis Polk &Wardell has strong ties to RJR
Nabisco, the parent company of R.J. Reynolds. A Davis Polk & Wardell partner, Steven Goldstone,
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was hired as RJ Reynolds general counsel in February 1995 and went on to become CEO and
chairman. Fiske has represented Philip Morris in the Justice Department's investigation of allegations
that tobacco executives perjured themselves before Congress and withheld material information from
investors. The American Lawyer, 6/1997]
Agreement Called For Major Cigarette Manufacturers To Pay $15 Billion A Year For 25 Years To
Settle Suits. The agreement reached between state prosecutors and tobacco companies called for major
cigarette manufacturers to pay roughly $15 billion a year for the next 25 years to settle suits brought by 39
states and Puerto Rico seeking compensation for smoking-related Medicaid claims. It also provided for
new industry-financed anti-smoking programs and restrictions on cigarette advertising and marketing. In
return, the tobacco companies would win immunity from most lawsuits and freedom from punitive
damage awards for past behavior. [New New York Times, 9/4/1997]
 Liberals, Opponents Of Tobacco Industry Objected To Tobacco Agreement. Liberals and

longtime opponents of the tobacco industry objected to the agreement as generous to the industry, and
Republican leaders in Congress resented the plan's intrusion on legislative prerogative. [New York
Times, 9/4/1997]
Davis Polk & Wardell Reaped Millions In Sale Of RJR International Tobacco Business. Merger
experts believed Davis Polk & Wardell made millions off the $8 billion sale of RJR Nabisco’s
international tobacco business. [New York Times, 3/10/1999]
 Davis Polk & Wardell Charged RJR About $500 An Hour, Reaping Millions From Tobacco
Settlement Suit. In December 1997, D. Scott Wise, a partner at New York's Davis Polk & Wardwell,
testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee that he billed RJ Reynolds about $500 an hour. As
reported in The American Lawyer, “The disclosure, which came during a hearing on limiting
plaintiff’s attorneys' fees in tobacco settlements, raised some lawmakers' eyebrows. Wise's rate is
revealing: Assuming a 2,200-hour annual workload, a single lawyer billing $500 an hour would bring
in $1.1 million a year in fees. That's only one lawyer of the battalions dispatched to tobacco work
around the country.” [The American Lawyer, 5/1998]
GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM WORKED FOR BIG PHARMACEUTICAL

COMPANIES
Davis Polk & Wardell Retained By Aetna When They Purchased US Healthcare Inc. Davis Polk &
Wardell represented Aetna Life and Casualty Co. when they acquired U.S. Healthcare Inc. in an $8.8
billion deal that would create the nation's largest medical benefits company. [New York Law Journal,
4/4/1996]
Davis Polk & Wardell Hired By CVS When It Purchased Arbor Drugs Inc. Davis Polk & Wardell
was retained by CVS corp. when they purchased Arbor Drugs Inc. for $1.48 billion. With the purchase of
Arbor Drugs, CVS corp. became the country’s largest drugstore chain. [New York Law Journal,
2/19/1998]
Davis Polk & Wardell Retained By Pharmaceutical Company Zeneca In Merger With Astra AB.
Davis Polk & Wardell was retained by Zeneca Group PLC when they merged with Astra AB of Sweden
valued at about $ 35 billion. The new company, which was to be called AstraZeneca, became the world's
fourth-largest pharmaceutical company. [New York Law Journal, 12/17/1998]
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Davis Polk & Wardell Represented AstraZeneca In Merger with Novartis AG. Davis Polk & Wardell
represented AstraZeneca PLC, the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company in their $15 billion merger
with Novartis AG, the Swiss pharmaceutical company, creating Syngenta, the world's largest producer of
pesticides. [New York Law Journal, 12/16/1999]
GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED BIG OIL AFTER ENVIRONMENTAL

DISASTER
Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Exxon Mobile After Large Oil Spill In New Jersey. Davis Polk &
Wardell represented Exxon Mobile after a 567,000-gallon oil spill into the Arthur Kill, New Jersey.
Robert Fiske of New York's Davis & Polk headed the legal team. The deal eventually reached between
Exxon and New Jersey provided that Exxon plead guilty to a one-count federal misdemeanor, and pay a
fine of more than $10 million. The deal also stipulated that no indictments could be sought by New York
state or New Jersey state prosecutors; and no action be taken against the four Exxon officials under
investigation. [New Jersey Law Journal, 1/24/91]
GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED FIRM ACCUSED OF VIOLATING

BANKING LAW
Davis Polk & Wardell Retained By First American After They Were Accused Of Violating US
Banking Law. Robert B. Friske, an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardell was part of a legal team defending
First American, which was under investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney, the U.S. Justice
Department, and the Federal Reserve Board for possible violations of banking and money-laundering
laws. [American Banker, 6/6/91]
 Two Top Executives From First American Represented By Davis Polk & Wardell. Robert Fiske,
an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardell, was a member of the legal team representing Clark M. Clifford
and Robert A. Altman, two top executives of First American. Clifford and Altman resigned from First
American after they faced numerous investigations and regulatory inquiries which would cost them
millions of dollars in legal fees. [Washington Post, 8/15/91]
GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM REPRESENTED REAL ESTATE MAGNATE

ACCUSED OF BILKING THOUSANDS FROM INVESTORS
Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Former General Development Corp. Exec. Accused Of Bilking
Thousands Of Investors. Davis Polk & Wardell represented David Brown the former chairman of
General Development Corp., a Miami real estate giant who was accused of bilking thousands of investors
in the Northeast by a combination of high-pressure sales and fraudulent appraisals. [New Jersey Law
Journal, 11/14/91]
 General Development Executives Later Acquitted Of All Charges. In 1996, the 11th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals reversed the fraud convictions of four former executives of Miami's General
Development Corp. (GDC) and dismissed their cases. GDC, which plead guilty to conspiracy after
filing for bankruptcy in 1990, had been accused of committing one of Florida's largest real estate
swindles by deliberately misleading thousands of customers about local market values. Davis Polk &
Wardell attorney Carey Richard Dunne represented the GDC chair David Brown. [National Law
Journal, 4/29/1996]
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GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED NYC COMPTROLLER AGAINST
CONFLICT OF INTEREST ALLEGATIONS
Davis Polk & Wardell Represented NYC Comptroller Accused Of Violating Conflict Of Interest
Laws. New York City Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman hired lawyers from Davis Polk & Wardell to
represent both her and her campaign as city investigators looked into conflict of interest allegations
surrounding the selection of an underwriter for city bond deals. The inquiry by the New York City
Department of Investigation emerged in May, following reports that Holtzman's office had recommended
the appointment of Fleet Securities as a co-manager of city bond sales after the firm's corporate affiliate,
Fleet Bank, made a $450,000 loan to Holtzman's failed campaign for the U.S. Senate in August 1992.
[Bond Buyer, 7/8/93]
GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED COMPANIES CHARGED WITH

MILLIONS IN INVESTOR FRAUD
Prudential Co. Retained Davis Polk & Wardell After SEC Charged Company With Improperly
Selling Limited Partnerships In 1980’s. Prudential, the Wall Street subsidiary of the Prudential
Insurance Co., hired Gary Lynch of Davis Polk & Wardell to represent them in negotiations with the
SEC. State securities regulators and the SEC were investigating whether Prudential executives and
brokers committed fraud in selling the partnerships to hundreds of thousands of individual investors in the
1980s. The investigation encompassed dozens of partnership programs, including Prudential's biggest, the
Energy Income Funds, which took in $1.45 billion from 137,000 investors. Few of the partnerships earned
any money for investors, and overall the program was believed to have resulted in between $1 billion and
$3 billion in losses. [Los Angeles Times, 7/20/93]
 Prudential Later Agreed To Pay Penalties, Restitution Totaling $371 Million. Prudential
Securities Incorporated agreed to pay penalties and restitution totaling $371 million to settle federal
civil charges of improperly selling limited partnerships in the 1980s. The settlement came a week after
Prudential announced that it had agreed to pay $120 million to settle a separate class action brought by
137,000 investors in oil and gas partnerships. [The American Lawyer, 12/93]
Spitzer Sued Former AIG Executives On Charges Of Manipulating Financial Statements To

Bolster Companies Results. In May, 2005, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued American International
Group (AIG), Maurice R. Greenberg, the former AIG Chairman and Chief executive and Howard I Smith,
AIG’s firmer chief cinancial officer accusing them of manipulating financial statements to bolster the
company's results and misleading regulators and investors. David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner
represented the men. [New York Times, 11/26/05]
 Greenberg Also Faces Investigations By Federal Prosecutors, SEC. Maurice R. Greenberg, the
former AIG Chairman and Chief executive, who built A.I.G. into a global giant in commercial and life
insurance over four decades, was the subject of two criminal investigations by federal prosecutors as
well as a civil investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Justice Department was
looking at whether Greenberg intended to mask A.I.G.'s true financial condition. [New York Times,
11/26/05]
Boies Schiller Represented Former Enron CFO. Boies, Schiller & Flexner represented Andrew
Fastow, Enron's former chief financial officer who told investigators that he was not responsible for
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signing off on the accounts for the controversial private partnerships that brought the company down.
[Financial Times, 3/20/02]
GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED COMPANY CHARGED WITH

HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS
Davis Polk & Wardell Represented ICI Explosives Who Settled Suit With Thermex Energy In Anti-
Trust Case. Davis Polk & Wardell represented ICI Explosives USA, Inc., in an antitrust lawsuit. The
company was forced to pay Thermex Energy Corporation nearly $490 million in an antitrust case and ICI
Explosives settled the suit for $36 million. Just three days before the settlement, ICI Explosives also
pleaded guilty to one Sherman Act violation and agreed to pay a $10 million fine. [The American Lawyer,
10/1995]
GILLIBRAND’S LAW FIRM DEFENDED COMPANIES WHOSE PRINCIPALS

WERE GUILTY OF STEALING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
Boies Schiller Hired By Tyco For Internal Investigation. Boies, Schiller & Flexner was hired by Tyco
to launch an internal investigation into the company. Their report contained most striking details of
executive malfeasance and possessed evidence of executives taking unreported interest-free loans for a
variety of undocumented personal uses. The report also detailed abuses of the company's relocation
program and bonuses--related to the initial public offering of TyCom and the sale of ADT's automotive
business--used to forgive loans. [Forbes, 9/18/02]
 Law Firm Hired After Improper $20 Million Fee Paid To Member Of Tyco Board. David Boies'
law firm, Boies, Schiller and Flexner, was hired by the Tyco board of directors to investigate after an
improper $20 million fee was paid to Frank E. Walsh Jr., then a member of the Tyco board. The
results of Boies' probe led to charges against Walsh, Swartz and Kozlowski. [Associated Press,
2/27/04]
2002: SEC Filed Formal Charges Against Tyco. During 2002, the Securities and Exchange
Commission began an investigation of Tyco's top executives. As investigations continued it was
uncovered that Dennis Kozlowski, Tyco's former CEO; Mark Swartz, Tyco's former CFO; and Mark
Belnick, the company's chief legal officer, had taken over $170 million in loans from Tyco without
receiving appropriate approval from Tyco's compensation committee and notifying shareholders. For the
most part these loans were taken with low to no interest. Many of them were offset as bonuses without
open approval. Kozlowski and Swartz also sold seven and a half million shares of Tyco stock for $430
million without telling investors. Formal charges were made by the SEC September 12, 2002.
[Securitiesfraudfyi.com]
 Boies Schiller Represented Tyco While It Sued Chief Legal Officer For Fraud. Tyco, through the
law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, begins the process of suing Mark Belnick, the company's chief
legal officer for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud. Belnick maintained that he acted with integrity as
Tyco's chief legal officer. [Securitiesfraudfyi.com]
Adelphia Forced To Seek Bankruptcy After Disclosing Company’s Founder And Son Had Taken $3
Billion. Cable TV company Adelphia sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2002, soon after
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disclosing that the company's founder, John Rigas, and his son, Timothy, had borrowed almost $3 billion
from the company for their own use.
 Boies Schiller Conducted Internal Investigation At Adelphia While They Were Facing Charges
From SEC. Boies Schiller conducted an internal investigation at Adelphia and worked alongside
other firms on subsequent litigation for the company, which was then facing civil charges from the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the possibility of criminal charges by the U.S.
Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
 Adelphia Settled With Government In 2005 For $715 Million. From 2002 to 2004, Boies Schiller,
whose representation was led by partner Philip Korologos, received bankruptcy court approval for
almost $30 million in legal fees. Adelphia and the Rigases settled with the government in April for
$715 million, a lower figure than the $1 billion the government originally requested.
GILLIBRAND’S FIRM ACCUSED OF NUMEROUS ETHICS VIOLATIONS
Boies’s Children Owned Large Stake In Companies Where Boies Schiller Often Steered Clients.
Attorney David Boies’ children owned a one-third stake in an expert-witness and research company to
which his law firm steered clients. Boies Schiller guided clients to companies without disclosing family
stakes in the firms, generating millions of dollars in income and potential returns for his children
including document-management firm Amici, copying firm Echelon and Legal & Scientific Group.
William F. Duker, Mr. Boies's friend, a former associate who served prison time for overbilling the
federal government for legal services, held stakes in both Amici and LSAG. [Wall Street Journal,
10/11/05]
 Substantial Portion Of LSAG’s Revenue Came From Boies Schiller. A "substantial portion" of
LSAG's more than $2 million in revenue in 1999 and 2000 came from referrals from Boies, Schiller &
Flexner and according to the Wall Street Journal, a holding company partly owned by four of Mr.
Boies's children received about $200,000 in profit and consulting fees from LSAG in 1999 and 2000,
the documents show. [Wall Street Journal, 10/11/05]
Adelphia Asked Boies Schiller To Resign After Learning Amici Was Partially Owned By Boies
Children. Adelphia asked Boies Schiller to resign as its special counsel after learning that Amici was
partly owned by Mr. Boies's children. Adelphia, now in bankruptcy proceedings, hired Amici on Boies
Schiller's advice, and paid the company more than $7 million in fees. [Wall Street Journal, 10/11/05]
 Lawyers Say Adelphia May Seek Return Of More Than $20 Million In Fees. Now, Adelphia and
its creditors' committee plan to investigate Boies Schiller's failure to disclose its Amici ties. Lawyers
say Adelphia may seek the return of some of the more than $20 million in fees that it paid Boies
Schiller, along with some of the $7 million paid to Amici. Boies Schiller's lead Adelphia attorney,
Philip Korologos, says any such claims would have no merit. [Wall Street Journal, 10/11/05]
DuPont Used Amici On Firm’s Recommendation. Besides Adelphia, no clients have publicly defected
from Boies Schiller because of its vendor ties. Some consider the potential conflicts minor. DuPont Co.,
which hired Boies Schiller in environmental litigation and used Amici on the firms' recommendation, said
it was initially concerned about the Boies ties. But it concluded that Amici was comparable to its
competitors in quality and price. [Wall Street Journal, 10/11/05]
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David Boies Accused Of Ethics Violations. In 2004, The Florida Supreme Court dismissed an ethics
complaint against David Boies, who was charged with violating Florida Bar rules by paying more than
$400,000 to help his law firm's chief financial officer pursue a contract dispute in Palm Beach Circuit
Court. According to the complaint, Boies' firm, Boies Schiller & Flexner, not only represented the chief
financial officer for free, but paid more than $250,000 to other law firms who worked on the case. [Miami
Daily Business Review, 5/21/04]
EEOC Found Sex Discrimination At Boies' Law Firm. The Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, investigating a case involving a Connecticut woman that was settled out of court, found that
David Boies' law firm discriminated against women in wages and working conditions. The EEOC found
Boies, Schiller & Flexner maintained a two-tier system of compensation--one for lawyers on the
partnership track, one for the others--"which is not applied uniformly, resulting in discrimination against a
class of female associate attorneys." [Connecticut Law Tribune, 8/18/03]
Boies Schiller Settled With Two Women On Discrimination Charges. As reported in the Daily News,
“Powerhouse lawyer David Boies and his law firm, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, reached a settlement
yesterday with two women who'd sued the firm on a charge of sex discrimination. Bonnie Porter and
Rachel Baird claimed in Federal District Court that female lawyers in Boies' Westchester office were paid
less than men and have had virtually no chance of becoming partners in the firm. Boies, whose clients
have included Al Gore, and his partners will pay Porter and Baird $37,000 each, plus $50,000 in legal
fees to settle the case.” [Daily News, 4/25/02]
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PRO-BONO WORK
The campaign may want to point to the large amount of pro-bono work that Kirsten’s firms worked on.
The following are some highlights of this work.
PRO-BONO CASES
Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Retrial Of African American Accused Of Murder Whose
Original Lawyer Was Defective. In 1991, Davis Polk & Wardell took on the pro-bono retrial case of
Aden Harrison Jr. Harrison was originally tried for murder in March 1986 in Atlanta and a judge agreed
to reopen the case after it was determined that his 83-year-old lawyer, James Venable, slept a "good deal"
of the time. Additionally, Harrison didn’t know at the time that his lawyer was a former imperial wizard
of the Ku Klux Klan. Confirming the allegation, his former lawyer said, "I've been in the Klan since 1923,
when it was over 10 million strong." The lawyer also added that he was an imperial wizard for 15 to 20
years. [ABA Journal, 2/91]
Davis Polk & Wardell Participated In Program To Help Brooklyn District Attorney Get Through
Backlog Of Narcotics Cases. Davis Polk & Wardell was one of the firms that participated in a program
to help the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office cut the backlog of appeals stemming from the rise in
narcotics prosecutions. [New York Law Journal, 5/7/91]
Davis Polk & Wardell Filed Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Problems In NYC’s Preschool Special
Ed Program. Davis Polk & Wardell filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the Puerto Rican Legal
Defense Fund and Advocates for Children accusing the New York City's preschool special education of
unnecessary delays in evaluating and placing children in programs they needed, putting the children at
risk of grave and irreparable harm and violating the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
[PR Newswire, 3/21/1994]
Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Tenants Group Seeking Modified Eviction Procedures For
Drug Dealers. In 1993, Davis Polk represented tenants group, the Interim Council of Presidents, which
joined forces with the Housing Authority and sought to modify the eviction procedure for drug dealers.
Arguing that the time required to remove the drug traffickers was "handicapping" its mandate to provide
safe housing, the Housing Authority requested that the order be changed to apply the "Bawdy House
Law" under the city's real estate code to the dealers. Under the law, tenants accused of using their
property to "further an illegal trade or business" were subjected to a summary procedure which could lead
to eviction in as soon as 40 days. [New York Law Journal, 4/22/1996]
Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Six Tenants Who’s Home Was Damaged By A Fire. Working
with MYF Legal Services, Davis Polk & Wardell represented six tenants living on the Lower East Side
whose home had been damaged by a fire. After the fire the Department of Buildings issued an order
requiring the tenants to vacate the premises until the building was declared safe. The tenants were forced
to find other living arrangements--not an easy thing to do in New York City, especially for poor people.
Because the landlord failed to commence repairs to the premises, the tenants started an action in Housing
Court and in the fall of 1995, Davis Polk & Wardell agreed to represent six of the tenants in court
proceedings against the building owners. [New York Law Journal, 5/2/97]
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Davis Polk Joined Non Profit Groups In Landmark Suit Challenging City’s Welfare Program. In
1996, The Welfare Law Center, The Legal Aid Society of New York and the law firm Davis Polk &
Wardwell sued New York City on behalf of all single parents on welfare. They claimed that the city,
under former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, steered nearly all welfare recipients into a work program instead
of allowing them to pursue education or job training. The class action suit, called Davila vs. Eggleston
was settled, and as part of the settlement New York City welfare recipients can no longer be forced to
leave an education program or be denied the right to enroll without a valid assessment showing that the
program is not appropriate for them. [National Organization for Women: NYC Agrees to Education for
Welfare Recipients, 8/22/03; New York Law Journal, 5/2/97]
Firm Took On Co-Counsel Role In Second Major Class Action Suit Addressing Inequities In City’s
Workfare Program. As reported in New York Law Journal, Davis Polk & Wardell took on the role of
co-counsel in a second major class action to address alleged inequities in the administration of the city's
workfare program. Bruckman v. Giuliani challenged the City's practice of paying welfare recipients who
were fulfilling New York City's Work Experience Program (WEP) assignments at below the prevailing or
minimum wage. [New York Law Journal, 5/2/1997]
Davis Polk & Wardell Worked With Queens Legal Clinic To Set Up Pro Se Divorce Clinic For Low
Income Women. Davis Polk & Wardell joined forces with the Queens Legal Services to establish a Pro
Se Divorce Clinic for low-income women. The clinic was designed to help low income women who had
been victims of domestic abuse. According to Florence Roberts, director of the Family Law Unit at
Queens Legal Services, 80 percent of the women served so far by the clinic were exposed to domestic
violence. [New York Law Journal, 5/2/1997]
Davis Polk & Wardell Represented Families First - A Non Profit Organization Fighting Eviction.
Davis Polk & Wardell represented Families First, a non profit organization providing day care and other
services that was fighting eviction from its city-owned building. The Giuliani Administration was
pressing its plan to evict several community programs from a Brooklyn building to make way for a
homeless shelter. [New York Times, 1/20/1999]
Davis Polk & Wardell Filed Suit On Behalf Of NYCLA Seeking To Raise Fees Paid To Lawyers
Representing Poor Defendants. Davis Polk & Wardell filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the New
York County Lawyers' Association challenging the State's system for compensating lawyers assigned to
represent poor defendants in criminal cases and litigants in Family Court. The complaint was at least the
second filed with the aim of raising fees paid lawyers which hadn’t been raised since 1986. [New York
Law Journal, 2/22/2000]
Boies Schiller Worked On Case Accusing Alcohol Manufacturers Of Targeting Under-Age

Drinkers. Seven manufacturers of alcoholic drinks were sued in the United States over claims that they
deliberately targeted under-age drinkers. The case was brought by Ayman R. Hakki, a resident of
Washington DC, through the law firms of Straus & Boies and Boies, Schiller & Flexner, which sought
class-action status for it. Their claim alleges a "long-running, sophisticated and deceptive scheme by
certain . .. manufacturers to market alcoholic beverages to children and other under-age consumers".
[St Louis Post Dispatch, 12/19/03]
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KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND’S FAMILY
Kirsten Gillibrand has politics in her blood—literally. Her grandmother, Polly Noonan, was the colorful
and longtime companion of Albany’s legendary mayor Erastus Corning, and a political force in her own
right. Her relationship with Corning has been the source of much speculation. Noonan was a staple of the
old Albany Democratic Machine, who once supported a former criminal in a council race. Gillibrand’s
father, Douglas Rutnik, was a lawyer and powerful Democratic lobbyist in Albany and he lived with
girlfriend Zenia Mucha, a top aide to Republican Governor George Pataki. Rutnik was criticized for
possible conflict of interests after companies for which he lobbied received lucrative government
contracts. Gillibrand’s mother, Polly Rutnik, was also a major figure in Albany politics.
GRANDMOTHER POLLY NOONAN: CONFIDANTE OF MAYOR ERASTUS

CORNING
Democratic “Icon” Confidante of Legendary Albany Mayor. According to the Times Union,
Democratic icon Dorothea “Polly” Noonan was the founder of the Albany County Democratic Women’s
Club and confidante of legendary Albany mayor Erastus Corning 2nd. [The Times Union, 11/16/05]
Noonan’s Relationship with Mayor Complex And Never Fully Understood. According to William
Kennedy, who authored the book “O Albany,” Polly Noonan’s closeness to former Albany mayor Erastus
Corning was “a mythical story, never fully understood from the inside…Polly was a singular figure, and
her connection to Erastus was both public and very private. He was extremely close to her children and
spent a great deal of time with that family.” [Times Union, 11/15/03]
Noonan and Corning Were Nearly Inseparable. Polly Noonan was Mayor Erastus Corning nearly
inseparable companion from the time both were in their 20’s, according to the NewYork Times. Noonan
remained married and lived with her husband, but Corning spent more evenings at their house than his
own. At his death, he bequeathed his insurance business not to his son and daughter but to the children of
the Noonan’s. [New York Times, 2/8/98]
Chemistry Between The Two Developed Immediately. According to the Times Union, there was an
immediate chemistry between Noonan and Corning. Although both were married, gossip started almost
immediately linking the two. [The Times Union, 11/4/97]
Noonan: A Good Friend of The Mayor. When Judge Martin Schenk was campaigning for ward leader
and knocked on Noonan’s door, he was introduced to Noonan as a friend of the mayor’s. “Out of the clear
blue, Polly said, ‘I’m a good friend of Mayor Corning, too. A very good friend,’” Schenck said. [The
Times Union, 11/4/97]
Noonan Denied Affair. Polly Noonan said she could have worked in City Hall but refused, saying she
didn’t want to add fuel to the rumor that she and Mayor Corning were lovers. “It wasn’t true,” Noonan
said. “I wasn’t interested in him in that way. I never thought you could do that and still be businesslike.
Besides, if I had done that, I’d be a hell of a lot richer than I am now. [The Times Union, 12/8/96]
Mayor’s Grandson: Polly Noonan Caused Tension Between Mayor And Son. “When I look through
family photo albums, I’m struck that you’ll never find my uncle (Erastus III) smiling after the age of 6 or
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so,” said Erastus Christopher Dudley, the mayor’s grandson. “I know my uncle is an unhappy person. I
would guess there were a lot of causes for the mutual separation between father and son, from being sent
off to boarding school to Polly Noonan. The evidence is clear. It’s just difficult inferring cause and
effect.” [The Times Union, 11/3/97]
Member of the Albany Democratic Political Machine
Noonan A “Matriarch of The Albany Democratic Machine.” According to the Times Union, Polly
Noonan was “tart-tongued, big hearted and iron willed.” [The Times Union, 12/28/03]
Noonan Handled Patronage for Political Machine. Described by many as Mayor Corning’s most
influential confidante, Noonan handled patronage and political campaigns, handing out jobs that were the
lifeblood of the old Democratic machine. [The Times Union, 8/22/01]
Noonan Denied Existence of Albany Political Machine. When the Albany political machine was
referred to at a debate in 1998, Polly Noonan stood up and denounced the reference. “There’s no
machine,” Noonan said. “There never was a machine, because Erastus Corning and Dan O’Connell cared
about the people. A machine doesn’t have a heart—our organization did. I’m not dead yet, so be careful.”
[The Times Union, 11/15/03]
Supported Criminal in Council Race
2001: Noonan Supported Criminal in Council Race. In 2001, Polly Noonan supported Jim Coyne, an
ultimate party insider, whose wheeling and dealing as county executive landed him in federal prison. In
1992, he was convicted of bribery, extortion and conspiracy in connection with a $30,000 check he
received from an architect seeking work on the construction of the Pepsi Arena. [The Times Union,
9/7/01]
Noonan Contributed $125 to Coyne. Polly Noonan gave Coyne a $125 donation. [The Times Union,
8/17/01]
FATHER DOUGLAS RUTNIK: ROMANTICALLY LINKED TO FORMER TOP

PATAKI AIDE
Douglas Rutnik Linked to Former Top Pataki Aide. Politically connected Albany lawyer-lobbyist
Douglas Rutnik was long romantically linked with former top D’Amato and Pataki aide Zenia Mucha, a
say political adviser and potent fund-raising force. [The Times Union, 10/7/05, Roll Call, 9/21/05]
Rutnik Had 13 Year Romance with Mucha. Zenia Mucha, who resigned as George Pataki’s senior
policy adviser to become senior vice president for communications at the ABC Broadcast Group, had a
13-year romance with Douglas P. Rutnik, an Albany lawyer and Democrat. “He’s an upstate Democrat,”
she said. “He’s a keeper.”[New York Times, 12/22/00]
Possible Conflict of Interest?
New York Observer Called $95 Million MTA Deal Involving Rutnik “Suspicious.” New York
Observer reporter Andrea Bernstein wrote about the MTA awarding a $95 million contract to
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conglomerate Lockheed Martin. Bernstein’s story pointed out that the firm’s lobbyist was Albany lawyer
Doug Rutnik, the live-in love interest of the governor’s top aide, Zenia Mucha. Bernstein termed this
“suspicious.” According to the Times Union, the company paid Rutnik about $240,000 over the past
years. [The Times Union, 6/30/98]
Rutnik Employed to Lobby MTA for UBS and Morgan Stanley. Disclosure forms filed by UBS
Financial Services stated that Douglas Rutnik, employed at a fee of $5,000 a month, plus bonuses, helped
it win MTA business. Beginning in 2003, he was employed by Morgan Stanley at $10,000 a month, plus
bonuses, according to disclosure forms. Mr. Rutnik, who did not respond to a request for comment, was
solidly grounded in both political parties. He was a frequent hunting companion of the late Erastus
Corning, the mayor of Albany for 42 years and was also the companion of Zenia Mucha, the former
director of communications for Governor Pataki. [New York Times, 12/7/04]
Rutnik Took $115,000 from Lockheed over Two Years. According to the New York Times, Lockheed
Martin paid Douglas Rutnik, its registered lobbyist in Albany, $115,000. Ron Meder, a spokesman for
Lockheed Martin, said Rutnik was not involved in the efforts to win the MTA data processing contract for
Lockheed Martin Integrated Business Solutions. [New York Times, 5/22/97]
Giuliani Assailed Deal. In the face of fierce criticism from Mayor Rudolph W. Guiliani and a host of
New York City and union officials, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced yesterday that
it would delay a vote on a $95 million contract for data processing with Lockheed Martin, a company
barred from city contracts because of its involvement in previous corruption scandals. “As you should be
aware, this information technology contract, which has a major impact on the city, is proposed to be
awarded to a firm with which the city has concluded it will not do business,” Giuliani wrote to MTA
chairman E. Virgil Conway. [New York Times, 5/22/97]
Lockheed Retained Rutnik for $5,000 Per Month. The state Department of Social Services awarded a
$50 million contract to Lockheed Martin Information Management Services to continue child-support
processing, despite complaints about the company’s performance in California. Lockheed Martin IMS
retained local lawyer Douglas P. Rutnik as its $5,000 a month lobbyist. [The Times Union, 7/11/97]
Rutnik’s Job Was to Utilize Knowledge And Expertise. According to the New York Observer, Rutnik’s
nifty new position was to “utilize his knowledge, expertise and independent judgment in providing
assistance and representation in the development of business opportunities for Children and Family
Services, Transportation Systems and Services, and Welfare Reform lines of business in the state of New
York.” [The Times Union, 5/26/97]
Legal Issues
Rutnik Named As Co-Defendant in Lawsuit. A lawsuit filed against Albany businessman Joseph
O’Hara alleged that he defrauded a local company and several wealthy members through racketeering
schemes. The suit claimed O’Hara embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks from
Douglas Rutnik and another associate. The suit also claimed Rutnik knowingly benefited from O’Hara’s
fraudulent activity. “This lawsuit is ludicrous and totally without merit,” Rutnik said in a statement. [The
Times Union, 8/25/05]
Rutnik Lost Money in Controversial Land Venture. In 1992, state Senate Majority Leader Joseph L.
Bruno removed himself from the board of directors of First Grafton Corp., the company run by influential
lobbyist James Featherstonhaugh. Even though Featherstonhaugh subsequently sold parcels of land to the
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senator’s son, the senator’s son’s new girlfriend, the senator’s son’s snow-mobilizing friends, the wife of
the senator’s thoroughbred horse-racing friend and the son of the Republican supervisor in the town of
Grafton, the lobbyist insisted he never was steered to any buyer by Sen. Bruno. Featherstonhaugh said he
and Albany lawyer Douglas Rutnik invested cash in the venture some years before Sen. Bruno, his
brother, and a businessman joined it. “Rutnik and I lost maybe less than $100,000,” Featherstonhaugh
said. [The Times Union, 6/23/05]
Fleet Named Rutniks As Defendants in Foreclosure. According to the Times Union, Fleet Bank raised
the stakes in its effort to collect $1.08 million from a real estate partnership by starting a foreclosure
action against a downtown office building. Fleet claimed that 74 State Street Associates failed to comply
with terms and conditions of its debt obligations in a suit filed in state Supreme Court in Albany. In
addition to the partnership, Fleet named Albany attorneys Douglas P. Rutnik and Polly N. Rutnik as
defendants. Fleet claimed they, along with to others, guaranteed the loan. [The Times Union, 5/23/96]
MOTHER POLLY RUTNIK: ALBANY POLITICAL FIGURE
Rutnik Sought State Senate Seat. Polly Rutnik was one of 13 hopefuls who submitted a letter seeking
the Albany County Democratic Committee’s endorsement for the state senate. [The Times Union,
4/26/94]
Rutnik Considered Potential Candidate for City Court Post. Polly Rutnik, who flirted with a bid for
state Senate, was an early name considered a potential contender for a position on the City Court, a plum
that Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings alone could fill. [The Times Union, 8/12/94]
City Court Candidate Asked Rutnik to Remove Attack Ads from Air. Saying ads running against him
were “scurrilous and reprehensible and not truthful,” City Court candidate Tom Keefe held a news
conference and said he told attorney Polly Rutnik, who was listed as treasurer of the Committee for
Judicial Integrity, which sponsored the ad, he wanted a retraction and an apology. He said Rutnik told him
she would take it up with the committee. [The Times Union, 9/4/02]
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NEWS CLIPS ON GILLIBRAND
ELECTION NEWS
Cook Political Report Said For The First Time Since He Was Elected Sweeney Has A Serious Race.
'For the first time since he was elected, he has a race that he has to pay attention to,' said Amy Walter,
House editor of the Washington-based Cook Political Report, which analyzes congressional races.
[Bloomberg News, 11/23/05]
Bloomberg News: “Sweeney Is Among About A Dozen Republicans… May Face Closer Races Next
Year Than They Have In The Past.” Bloomberg News, "Political analysts and activists say Sweeney is
among about a dozen Republicans, mostly from states that went Democratic in 2004, who may face closer
races next year than they have in the past. Those elections are a key reason that House Republican leaders
are having a tougher time holding their party together." [Bloomberg News, 11/23/05]
Gillibrand Pledged To Fight Sweeney’s Social Security, His Record In The House And Iraq War.
Gillibrand said she intended to go after Congressman Sweeney on his record in the House, on Social
Security and the Republican Party's failure to provide a strategic vision for the war in the Iraq. [Times-
Union, 11/16/05]
Family
Grandmother
Gillibrand Endorsed By Saratoga County Democrats, Says She’ll Follow In Grandmothers

Footsteps. Upon being endorsed by the Saratoga County Democrats, Gillibrand pledged to follow in her
Grandmother – a former Albany political icon’s footsteps. "As a 10-year-old girl, I would listen to my
grandmother discuss issues and she made a lasting impression on me," Gillibrand said of her
grandmother, Dorothea "Polly" Noonan, founder of the Albany County Democratic Women's Club and
confidante of legendary Albany Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd. [Times-Union, 11/16/05]
Father
Gillibrand’s Father Politically Connected Albany Lawyer, Romantically Linked To Top Pataki
Aide. Kirsten Gillibrand’s father, Douglas Rutnik is a politically connected Albany lawyer-lobbyist who
has long been romantically linked with former top Pataki aide Zenia Mucha, a savvy political adviser and
potent fund-raising force. [Times-Union, 10/7/05]
Douglas Rutnick Implicated In Lawsuit Against Former Owner Of Albany Sports Team. Douglas
Rutnick was named as a codefendant in a lawsuit alleging Albany businessman Joe O’Hara, the former
owner of an Albany sports team acted unlawfully as an attorney for Nxiym Corp. and used the position to
acquire $317,000 in payments and $2 million in loans from them between 2003 and 2005. The lawsuit
claimed Rutnick knowingly benefited from O’Hara’s fraudulent activities. [Times-Union, 9/13/05]
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POSITIVE QUOTES ON GILLIBRAND
Saratoga County Democratic Chair Called Gillibrand An “Incredible Individual.” "We wanted to get
a head start. She's an incredible individual who promises to raise the money it's going to take," County
Democratic Chairman Larry Bulman said. [Times-Union, 11/16/05]
DCCC Called Gillibrand An “Excellent Candidate.” "We're very excited" about Gillibrand, said Sarah
Feinberg, a spokeswoman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "She's an excellent
candidate." [Roll Call, 9/21/05]
NEGATIVE QUOTES ON GILLIBRAND
Gillibrand Vulnerable To Charges She Is A “Carpetbagger” As reported in Roll Call, “Gillibrand may
find herself vulnerable to the charge that she is a carpetbag-ger, having lived and practiced law for the
past several years in New York City. But she grew up in the 20th district, recently moved to the town of
Hudson, and transferred to her law firm's Albany office.” [Roll Call, 9/21/05]
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Gillbrand Took Money From AMERIPAC. As reported in National Journal’s CongressDaily,

Gillbrand took money from Rep Steny Hoyer’s PAC, AMERIPAC. [National Journal CongressDaily,
10/25/05]
Gillbrand Donated At Least $23,000 In Political Donations To Federal Candidates And Commitees.
As reported in Roll Call, “While she has never run for office before, the 39-year-old lawyer is no po-
litical neophyte. She has been active in Democratic campaigns for years and has been a regular donor to
Democratic candidates and causes. According to the Web site PoliticalMoneyLine.com, Gillibrand has
made at least $23,000 in political donations to federal candidates and committees since the 2002 election
cycle.” [Roll Call, 9/21/05]
While Overjoyed About Moseley Braun’s Candidacy For President, Gillibrand Admitted She
Didn’t Have A Chance. "I'm so glad you're running -- I think it's a statement in itself," Kirsten
Gillibrand, 35, a partner at a law firm, told Ambassador Moseley Braun at a Women's Campaign Fund
dinner. "I don't think she has a chance to win," she whispered later, admitting that she would probably
pick an-other name in the primary. "I'll probably fund-raise for someone else, but I'll still give her a
check." [New York Times, 3/14/03]
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PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
FAMILY INFORMATION
Husband: Jonathan Gillibrand, Born: 8/16/1969
Son: Theodore Gillibrand, Born: 11/12/2003
Father: Douglas P. Rutnik, Born: 11/1940
Brother: Douglas Rutnik Jr., Born: 5/1965
Sister: Erin Marie Tschantret, Formerly Erin M. Rutnik, Born: 1/1969
Mother: Polly N. Rutnik, Formerly Polly Noonan, Born: 1/1941
Grandmother: Polly Noonan
RELEVANT WORK HISTORY
5/1989-8/1989: Shea and Gold, Summer Associate, New York, NY
5/1990-7/1990: Davis, Polk & Wardell, Summer Associate, New York, NY
7/1990-8/1990: US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of NY, New York, NY
9/1990-12/1990: United Nations Crime Prevention (Intern), Vienna, Austria
9/1991-2000: Associate, Davis, Polk & Wardell, New York, NY
4/2000-2001: Department of Housing and Urban Development
6/2001-Present: Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Albany, NY
BOARDS, ASSOCIATIONS , AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS
LAW RELATED
 American Bar Association

 New York City Bar Association: Committee on Ethics, Chair, Council of Foreign Affairs
 Moot Court Honors Program (UCLA School of Law)
 Brennan Center for Justice (Member of Advisory Board)
 American Jurisprudence Book Award for Ethics and Professional Responsibility (UCLA School of
Law)
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POLITICAL:
 Women’s Leadership Forum Network (Chair)

 Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee
 New Democratic Network
EDUCATIONAL
 Commission on Greenway Heritage Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley

 Hope for New York Finance Committee
 SUNY Purchase Council (1999-2002)
 Rufus Choate Scholar (Dartmouth College)
 Rockefeller Social Science Grant (Dartmouth College)
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LICENSES
 Montana Hunting License:

Registered to Kirsten E. Gillibrand
240 E. 39th Street, Apartment 49H, New York, NY [Source: Lexis Nexis]
 Car Information:
1993 Jaguar XJS Coupe
VIN#: SAJNW5746PC186339
Registration Date: 4/9/2004
Original Title Date: 6/18/2004
Registered to Kirsten and Jonathan Gillibrand
VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION
VOTER HISTORY
State ID Number Address Date Voted Registration Party
Date
NY 92025808 1 Noonan LN, Albany, New York 11/1/92 Unknown Democrat
NY 92025808 1 Noonan LN, Albany, New York 11/94 10/5/1992 Democrat
NY 305053920 44 W 90th St Apt 8, New York, NY Unknown 5/23/2001 Democrat
NY 305081897 240 E 39th St Apt 49H, New York, NY 2002 07/03/2001 Democrat
DC N/A 425 8th St NW Apt 844, New York, 11/1/00 9/15/2000 Democrat
NY
NY N/A 358 Mt Merino Rd, Hudson, NY General Election 05, 8/8/2003 Democrat
04, 03, Presidential
Primary 04**
NY 01045077 14 Devon Road, Larchmont, NY 3/7/2000 Unknown Democrat
Please note some of these dates (unless otherwise indicated) are from Lexis Nexis and may not be entirely
accurate. The campaign should double check this information, **Obtained from Columbia County Board
of Elections Office
FINANCES
Assets and Unearned Income
ASSETS & UNEARNED INCOME

NAME VALUE, TYPE OF INCOME INCOME 2005
Salomon Smith Barney $1,001-$15,000 (interest) $1-$200
Citibank, NY Accounts $1,001-$15,000 (interest) $1-$200
Coutts Bank, UK $100,001-$250,000 (interest) $2,501-$5,000
ETrade Account, VA $1,001-$15,000 (interest) $1-$200
Trust Co Stock $1,001-$15,000 (Dividends) $1-$200
BAE Systems Stock $50,001-$100,000 (Dividends) $1,001-$2,500
Windcrest LLC Stock $15,001-$50,000 (Dividends) Unclear
Private Medical Device Co Unclear Unclear
Ambient Corp. Stock $1,001-$15,000 (Unclear) Unclear
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Charter Communications $1,001-$15,000 Unclear
KB Home, Short Stock Value is Negative Unclear
Pulte Home, Short Stock Value is Negative Unclear
Research in Motion, Put $1,001-$15,000 (unclear) Unclear
Options
Toll Bros, Put Options $1,001-$15,000 (unclear) $201-$1,000
Nasdaq None $201-$1,000
GM Stock None $201-$1,000
Computer Associates None $201-$1,000
Stock
XLE Index Stock None $201-$1,000
XM Satelite Radio None $201-$1,000
Amazon Stock None Unclear
Elong Stock None Unclear
Calpine Stock None Unclear
Aquila Stock None Unclear
Metris Stock None Unclear
Net Servicosde Comm. None Unclear
Stock
Alamosa Holdings Stock None Unclear
Mercury Interactive Stock None Unclear
Newmont Mining Stock None Unclear
Primus Telecom Stock None Unclear
Quanta Services Stock None Unclear
Time Warner Stock None Unclear
Wyndhym Stock Unclear Unclear
401K
Fidelity Money Markey $100,001-$250,000 (interest) $2,501-$5,000
MSIFT CPFX Income $1,001-$15,000 (Dividends) $1-$200
Fidelity Capital Income $1,001-$15,000 (interest) $2,501-$5,000
Fidelity US Bond Index $15,001 - $50,000 (dividends) $201-$1,000
Fidelity Real Estate None Unclear
Investment
Citibank SEP Pension, $1,001-$15,000 (interest) $1-$200
Money Market
Source: Personal Financial Disclosure Form, Please note – information taken from a copy of
the financial disclosure form and some information was unclear
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CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION
The following details campaign contributions made by Kirsten to New York City, New York State and
Federal candidates.
NEW YORK CITY CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTIONS
From 1997-2005, Gillibrand gave $1,400 to candidates running for office in New York City.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, NEW YORK CITY

Recipient Date Amount
Virginia Fields for Mayor 6/17/05 $50
Eva Moskowitz for Borough President 12/16/02, 4/6/04 $500
William Thompson for Comptroller 2/22/04 $250
David Yassky for City Council 5/14/04 $250
Betsy Gotbaum for Public Advocate 8/6/01 $250
Eva Moskowitz for City Council 10/23/99 $25
Eva Moskowitz for City Council 6/11/97, 10/29/97 $75
TOTAL: $1,400
Source: NYC Campaign Finance Date (1989-2005 data, accessed 12/13/2005)
NEW YORK STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTIONS
From 1997-2005, Gillibrand gave $14,930 to candidates running for office in New York State.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, NEW YORK STATE
Recipient Date Amount

Andrew Cuomo For Attorney General, Inc. 7/1/01 500
Women PAC 8/28/01 20
Charlie King 2002 1/7/02 250
Friends Of Liz Krueger 1/10/02 100
Empire State Democratic Initiative Corporation State 1/24/02 45
Pac
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Charlie King 2002 4/9/02 250
Charlie King 2002 6/26/02 500
Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee, Inc. 8/20/02 250
People For Bing 10/7/02 250
Friends Of Mccall/Mehiel 10/8/02 250
Friends Of Mccall/Mehiel 10/16/02 1,500.00
Women's Campaign Fund 3/13/03 1,000.00
Women Pac 4/29/03 75
Charlie King 2006 5/29/03 250
Spitzer 2006 6/5/03 200
Spitzer 2006 10/2/03 1,000.00
Friends Of David A. Paterson 3/26/04 500
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Nys Democratic Senate Campaign Committee 7/27/04 250
Spitzer 2006 1/10/05 200
Spitzer 2006 5/19/05 1,000.00
O'donnell For New York 7/11/05 200
Charlie King 2006 7/11/05 100
Andrew Cuomo For Attorney General, Inc. 12/10/01 $300
Charlie King 2002 1/7/02 250
Empire State Democratic Initiative Corporation State 1/24/02 45
Pac
Charlie King 2002 4/9/02 250
Charlie King 2002 6/26/02 500
Friends Of Mccall/Mehiel 10/16/02 1,500.00
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Women's Campaign Fund 3/13/03 1,000.00
Women Pac 4/29/03 75
Charlie King 2006 5/29/03 250
Spitzer 2006 6/5/03 200
Spitzer 2006 10/2/03 1,000.00
Spitzer 2006 1/10/05 200
Spitzer 2006 5/19/05 1,000.00
O'donnell For New York 7/11/05 200
Charlie King 2006 7/11/05 100
TOTAL: $14,930.00
Source: New York State Campaign Finance Data, 2001-2005 (accessed: 12/13/2005)
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FEDERAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTIONS
From 2001-2005, Gillibrand gave $27,950 to candidates running for federal office..
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, FEDERAL

RECIPIENT DATE AMOUNT
Democratic National Committee 6/24/97 $250
Ferraro, Geraldine 3/17/98 $300
Ferraro, Geraldine 5/21/98 $250
DNC Services Corp 1/29/99 $250
Gore, Al 9/30/99 $250
Clinton, Hillary Rodham 10/21/99 $250
Clinton, Hillary Rodham 6/12/00 $1,250
Clinton, Hillary Rodham 6/29/00 ($1,775)
DNC Services Corp 9/19/2001 $1,000
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte 4/24/2002 $850

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Shaheen, Jeanne 9/14/2002 $250
HILLPAC 1/21/2003 $500
Edwards, John 2/20/2003 $1,000
Women's Campaign Fund 3/13/2003 $1,000
Dean, Howard 3/31/2003 $2,000
Schumer, Charles E 6/2/2003 $500
Harman, Jane 6/26/2003 $250
Clinton, Hillary Rodham 7/17/2003 $1,000
Clark, Wesley 9/30/2003 $1,000
Selendy, Janine Mary Hardcast 2/5/2004 $500
Cantwell, Maria 3/1/2004 $500
Knowles, Tony 3/1/2004 $1,000
Women's Campaign Fund 3/5/2004 $1,000
Boxer, Barbara 3/8/2004 $500
Carson, Brad R 4/26/2004 $250
Kerry, John 5/27/2004 $1,000
Harman, Jane 5/28/2004 $500
Democratic Cmte of New York State 6/4/2004 $250
Biden, Joseph R Jr 6/10/2004 $500
Obama, Barack 6/15/2004 $1,000
Nadler, Jerrold 6/16/2004 $250

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Barend, Samara 6/20/2004 $250
Kerry, John 7/19/2004 $500
Barend, Samara 9/25/2004 $250
Castor, Betty 10/4/2004 $500
Bowles, Erskine B 10/14/2004 $250
Democratic Party of Ohio 10/26/2004 $250
Women's Campaign Fund 3/1/2005 $450

TOTAL $27,950
Source: Center for Responsive Politics, Campaign Finance Data (1990-2005)
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RELEVANT PROPERTY INFORMATION:
The following chart details all addresses registered to Kirsten Gillibrand and Kirsten Rutnik between
1991 and 2005.
Please Note: 450 Lexington Ave, Apartment 2816, New York, NY is also listed as an address for Kirsten
– though no date is provided
RELEVANT PROPERTY INFORMATION

YEAR OWN? ADDRESS
1991-1992 No 305 E. 74th Street, Apartment 3, New York, NY
1992 No 305 E. 86th Street, Apartment 9JW, New York, NY
1993 No Noonan Lane, PO Box 1335, Albany, New York
1994 No 341 West End Avenue, #1A, New York, NY
1996 Yes 14 Devon Rd. Larchmont, NY
2001 No 425 8th Street, NW Apt. 844, Washington, DC
2001-2002 No 44 W 90th St, Apt. 8, New York, NY
2002 No 240 E 39th St Apt. 49h, New York, NY
2002-2003 No 1755 York Ave, Apt. 6c, New York, NY
2003 Yes 358 Mt Merino Rd, Hudson, NY
SOURCE: Lexis Nexis Property Information (accessed: 12/13/2005), Call with Kirsten Gillibrand,
Application to admission to NYS Supreme Court Appellate Division, 1991
ADDRESS: 14 DEVON RD, LARCHMONT, NY 10538
PURCHASE INFORMATION
Sale Date/ Date Recorded 4/26/1996, 6/24/1996
Seller Joseph T Takeda
Buyer Kirsten E. Rutnik
Buyer Mailing Address 341 W End Ave, Unit 1A New York, NY 10023
Sale Price $362,500
Book/Page 11456/83
Assessor's Parcel Number: 0006-0608-0377
Title Company Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co
SALE INFORMATION
Seller Kirsten E. Rutnik
Buyer Dean S. Busetti, Patricia M. Sheridan
Sale Price $512,000
Document Number 0401570292
Assessor's Parcel Number: 0006-0608-0377
Title Company Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co
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ADDRESS: 358 MT MERINO RD, HUDSON, NY
PURCHASE INFORMATION
Seller Catherine Rasenberger and Dimitri Sevastopoulo
Buyer Kirsten Gillibrand, Jonathan Gillibrand
Buyer Mailing Address 1755 York Avenue, New York, NY 10128
Sale Price $895,000
Book/Page C0464/F0904
Assessor's Parcel Number: 104000 119.-1-37
2004 Assessed Value $406,425
Source: Lexis Nexis property information, property record for Columbia County, New York, Estimated
Roll Certification Date: 3/1/2004; Deed to home, assessed value of home from Columbia County clerks
office, property assessors office
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BIOGRAPHY AND TIMELINE……………………………………………………………………………….PAGE 5

KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND’S CLIENTS…………………………………………………………………….PAGE 7

PROBLEMATIC LAW FIRM CLIENTS………………………………………………………………...PAGE 13

 LAW FIRM’S PRO-BONO WORK…………………………………………………………………PAGE 20

LATEST CAMPAIGN NEWS………………………………………………………………………………Page 26

PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION………………………………………………..Page 28

CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION………………………………………………………………...Page 32

RELEVANT PROPERTY INFORMATION…………………………………………………………….Page 39

12/9/1966: Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik Born

9/1984: Enrolled in Dartmouth University

6/1986-8/1986: Attended Beijing Normal University, China

9/1986-12/1986: Attended Tunghai University through University

8/1988: Enrolled in University of California, Los Angeles

5/1989-8/1989: Shea and Gold, Summer Associate, New York, NY

5/1990-7/1990: Davis, Polk & Wardell, Summer Associate, New

7/1990-8/1990: Interned for US Attorney’s Office for the

9/1990-12/1990: United Nations Crime Prevention (Intern),

5/1991: Graduated from UCLA with a J.D.

9/1991: Associate, Davis, Polk & Wardell, New York, NY

11/8/1991: Notified of passing the Bar which was taken on

1/22/1992: Admitted to State of New York, Supreme Court,

9/10/1993: Admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia,

10/4/1993: Admitted as Member of District of Columbia Bar

12/13/1993: Admitted to Southern District Court of New York

12/13/1993: Admitted to Eastern District Court of New York

4/7/2001: Married Jonathan Gillibrand

6/2001: Partner, Boise Schiller

10/17/2002: Admitted to Colorado District Court

11/12/2003: Son Theodore Gillibrand Born

GILLIBRAND REPRESENTED COMPANY FACING ALLEGATIONS OF

GILLIBRAND DEFENDED BIG TOBACCO FROM ALLEGATIONS OF PRICE

CLIENT REPRESENTED BY GILLIBRAND’S FIRM GUILTY OF

Former DuPont Employee Accused Company Of Covering Up Evidence Of Chemicals Used In

FUNGICIDE BENLATE LAWSUITS

WHITE COLLAR CRIME LAWSUITS

GILLIBRAND REPRESENTED CLIENT SUING FOR ANTI-TRUST

GILLIBRAND REPRESENTED AVIATION WORKERS RIGHT’S

Gillibrand Had Some Involvement In This Case.

Court Info: Allied Pilots Assn v. Bensel, et al

GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED BIG TOBACCO IN SUIT OVER

 Liberals, Opponents Of Tobacco Industry Objected To Tobacco Agreement. Liberals and

GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM WORKED FOR BIG PHARMACEUTICAL

GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED BIG OIL AFTER ENVIRONMENTAL

GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED FIRM ACCUSED OF VIOLATING

GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM REPRESENTED REAL ESTATE MAGNATE

GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED COMPANIES CHARGED WITH

Spitzer Sued Former AIG Executives On Charges Of Manipulating Financial Statements To

GILLIBRAND LAW FIRM DEFENDED COMPANY CHARGED WITH

GILLIBRAND’S LAW FIRM DEFENDED COMPANIES WHOSE PRINCIPALS

GILLIBRAND’S FIRM ACCUSED OF NUMEROUS ETHICS VIOLATIONS

Boies Schiller Worked On Case Accusing Alcohol Manufacturers Of Targeting Under-Age

GRANDMOTHER POLLY NOONAN: CONFIDANTE OF MAYOR ERASTUS

Member of the Albany Democratic Political Machine

Supported Criminal in Council Race

FATHER DOUGLAS RUTNIK: ROMANTICALLY LINKED TO FORMER TOP

Possible Conflict of Interest?

MOTHER POLLY RUTNIK: ALBANY POLITICAL FIGURE

Gillibrand Endorsed By Saratoga County Democrats, Says She’ll Follow In Grandmothers

NEGATIVE QUOTES ON GILLIBRAND

Gillbrand Took Money From AMERIPAC. As reported in National Journal’s CongressDaily,

Husband: Jonathan Gillibrand, Born: 8/16/1969

Son: Theodore Gillibrand, Born: 11/12/2003

Father: Douglas P. Rutnik, Born: 11/1940