Philip Hilder
Philip Hilder
Philip H. Hilder is an American criminal defense attorney and founder of the Houston law firm Hilder & Associates, P.C. He has represented whistle-blowers and other witnesses and defendants in several high-profile white-collar crime cases. He represented Sherron Watkins, the former Enron vice president who helped shed light on details of the company’s collapse in 2001. Ms. Watkins was named one of Time magazine’s three “Persons of the Year 2002.” Hilder was interviewed and featured in the 2005 Oscar-nominated Alex...
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It seems unlikely they can accomplish this. They'll have to show that more than a dozen possible witnesses and their independent counsel analyzed the cases and the evidence and all came to the conclusion they should plead guilty to things they didn't do.
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This is a very, very significant win for the government. As chief accounting officer, he knows where the financial skeletons are buried.
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Mr. Baxter had the utmost integrity and she respected him immensely. Mrs. Watkins expresses her heartfelt sympathy and prayers to her family.
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This is a very, very significant win for the government.
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Everything the defense has said until now is rhetoric. All that matters is what comes in at trial. They may have tried out some defenses in the court of public opinion, and they will use others in trial.
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Sentencing is prolonged to exercise some leverage over the defendants. I don't think the defendants are in any great hurry either. If they testify, the chances of the government coming to bat for them later on for a reduction in sentence is greatly enhanced.
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We were hoping the lawsuit would result in solid leads that would lead to the securing of the ashes, but frankly, the road was too cold and we were not able to locate them.