We last saw this “generous DAGA (Democratic Attorneys General Association) Donor” in Arkansas. Where will he pop up next?

From Legal News Line:

PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) – Attorney Kenneth Bailey has inspired a lot of headlines by making money, and a few more by giving it out.

A renowned plaintiffs attorney whose Houston-based firm Bailey Perrin Bailey has taken on the biggest companies in the world, Bailey’s largest campaign contributions are often handed to the state officials who hire BPB on a contingent-fee basis.

Janssen Pharmaceutica, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson that is the defendant in a suit brought by BPB and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, thinks it is time for that practice to stop.

“The contingent fee contract whereby the (Governor’s Office of General Counsel) retained Bailey Perrin was not the subject of any competitive bidding or legislative authorization,” Janssen claims in its June Motion to Disqualify Counsel.

“Rather, the contract appears to be the product of private negotiations between the (OGC) and (BPB) over a period of several months in 2006.

“In the precise time period during which the contract was negotiated and executed … F. Kenneth Bailey … made repeated and significant contributions, totaling more than $100,000 to Gov. Rendell’s re-election campaign and to the Democratic Governors Association.”

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