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New Judge Assigned to Cobell Litigation

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by Brad Jolly, Partner

December 8, 2006

Judge James Robertson, an appointee of the Clinton administration, has been assigned to preside over the Cobell litigation, taking over from Judge Lamberth, who was removed by the appellate court for claims of appearing biased against the federal government when stating the obvious in terms of the government's abhorrent behavior in the past and in the current litigation.

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