Life after AlbertoOne year after eight U.S. attorneys were fired without explanation, The Los Angeles Times checks in to see how they’re doing. It turns out, pretty well:
A year later, most have landed on their feet, in law partnerships or private-sector jobs where their compensation dwarfs government pay. Some carry scars from the experience. Six of the attorneys marked the anniversary of their firings at a private dinner in San Diego 10 days ago, where they toasted one another for persevering.
“The great irony of this is, it has hardly tarnished any of our reputations,” said Paul Charlton, the former U.S. attorney in Phoenix, who hosted the reunion.
Charlton, now a partner in a Phoenix law firm, says that as a group, the attorneys have fared much better than the department officials who orchestrated their demise.
