“But Cruz had served as Boehner’s attorney in 1998, when the Ohio Republican sued a Democratic colleague over the release of a recorded phone conversation.
Mike Carvin, who was then one of Cruz’s bosses at the Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal law firm, praised Cruz’s early work in the case, which Boehner eventually won in 2008.”
John A. BOEHNER, Appellant,
v.
James A. McDERMOTT, Appellee.
United States of America, Intervenor for Appellant.
No. 98-7156.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Argued April 30, 1999
Decided September 24, 1999.
“Michael A. Carvin argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was R. Ted Cruz.”