- Former Mayor Richard Daley is taking advantage of his long political career by joining an international law firm that hopes to tap his expertise and connections as someone known for leasing public assets and developing ties with China.
The announcement Wednesday by Katten Muchin Rosenman, which did legal work for the city during Daley's tenure, ended speculation about Daley's main post-mayoral job.
"He is 'of counsel,' so that will allow him to work on other projects," said Jacquelyn Heard, Daley's longtime spokeswoman. "He won't have to work exclusively for Katten."
Daley also is coordinating an urban lecture series at the University of Chicago as a "distinguished senior fellow" at an undisclosed salary, has signed up for a speaker's bureau to give talks that could fetch tens of thousands of dollars a pop and has set up a Gold Coast office for projects he hasn't revealed.
Exactly how much he'll get paid for all that is not clear, but he's likely to eclipse the $216,000 or so he made as mayor.
Gee, can we get the two cars and five coppers back from him now? He seems more than able to hire his own security and buy his own vehicles and fill them with gas now. And don't forget the city stickers Dick.
It's also amusing how Rahm signed some executive order forbidding anyone in his administration from taking lobbying work with firms that do business with the city for two years after leaving his cabinet, but here's Shortshanks doing exactly that within a month of leaving office. Seems someone doesn't really care about the impression he's making.
It's also amusing how Rahm signed some executive order forbidding anyone in his administration from taking lobbying work with firms that do business with the city for two years after leaving his cabinet, but here's Shortshanks doing exactly that within a month of leaving office. Seems someone doesn't really care about the impression he's making.