So this dude trying to get the millions is a lawyer in private practice and does not even work for the justice dept at the time of the alleged extortion?
He left the Justice Department sometime between 1995 and 1997.
He isn't any random lawyer in private practice. He reportedly has deep ties to CIA operatives, including the "former" CIA guy that that Iranians killed. He was the lawyer on the suit which granted more than 1 billion in damages due from Iran to the family of the CIA guy.