The guv goes with the Manhattan firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, whose litigation department is co-chaired by Theodore V. Wells, Jr., lately of Scooter Libby fame.

Late Update: Well-informed TPM Reader WD checks in:

There's the presence of Ted Wells, which is certainly a factor, but Eliot probably chose Paul, Weiss to represent him in his Client 9 troubles in large part because Michele Hirshman is now a partner there. She was one of his most highly trusted senior attorneys from his AG days. Michele was effectively his right-hand woman on all nonpolitical, AG stuff and supervised all of the high-profile substantive work of the office.

Ted might end up being the face, but Michele will be the behind-the-scenes negotiating counsel with the assistant U.S. attorneys at SDNY running the Emperor Club investigation.

Here's Hirshman's bio.