Partners Marc Elias and Kevin Hamilton Recognized During Swearing in of Sen. Al Franken

Partners Marc Elias and Kevin Hamilton, along with co-counsel David Lillehaug, received a rare show of recognition after the swearing in of firm client Sen. Al Franken today. The event, profiled in an article on MinnPost.com, noted how Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and New York Sen. Charles Schumer each turned to face the lawyers in the balcony and give them a collective thumbs up for their efforts in the recount battle that won Franken the Senate seat. "Their pudgy digits of approval were directed at three people who weren't sworn in today, who weren't elected officials, but who, it could be argued, got Franken his seat as much as the 312 voters who pushed him past Norm Coleman in the protracted election and recount," the article noted.