[CPEO-IRF] Virginia hires lawyers

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

Outside lawyers hired for bases help
The law firm has experience with Department of Defense issues,
governor's office says

BY PETER HARDIN
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH (VA)
September 14, 2005

Virginia has turned to outside lawyers for advice in the wake of a
base-closing commission's votes to shut or realign some military
activities in the state. 

The state on Monday secured the legal services of the Hunton & Williams
law firm, a spokesman for Gov. Mark R. Warner said yesterday.

"We're keeping all of our options open," explained the spokesman, Kevin
Hall, about Virginia responding to recent votes by the Base Realignment
and Closure Commission.

Warner made the decision to retain outside legal counsel in consultation
with the state attorney general's office, Hall said. The governor wants
to explore options "as we continue to process exactly what it is this
BRAC commission is requiring us to do," he added.

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