Robert Luskin

Robert D. Luskin (born January 21, 1950) is an attorney and partner in the law firm of Patton Boggs LLP, specializing in White-collar crime and federal and state government investigations. He is currently the personal attorney for White House senior advisor and chief political strategist Karl Rove, representing Rove in the special investigations into the outing of covert operative Valerie Plame's position within the CIA as a WMD specialist.

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January 21 - 1950 - Patton Boggs LLP - White-collar crime - White House - Karl Rove - Covert operative - Valerie Plame - CIA - WMD

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Luskin is a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. He worked in the US Department of Justice, specializing in RICO enforcement, and helped supervise the ABSCAM investigation of the early 80s. Since entering private practice, he has represented both witnesses and investigative targets in independent counsel, criminal, and congressional investigations. Luskin is also a lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law, where he teaches one course each spring in Labor Racketeering.

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Harvard University - Harvard Law School - Rhodes Scholar - Oxford University - Department of Justice - RICO - ABSCAM - University of Virginia - School of Law

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