Denies it was hired for ‘Dudus’ case
DESPITE continued denials by the Bruce Golding administration, American law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips maintains that it was working directly for the Government and not the Jamaica Labour Party.
According to a report in the legal publication, Am Law Daily, Manatt has consistently said that it advised the Jamaican government on unspecified “treaty issues,” resisting the notion that it was retained to lobby the United States government in connection with the Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke case.
“While we will not discuss the specific content or authenticity of the [Daily Gleaner] e-mails, from what you have told us they are in line with what the firm has maintained all along – as stated in our FARA filings, Manatt was engaged by the Government of Jamaica to assist with existing political and economic matters, including existing treaty agreements between Jamaica and the US,” Manatt general counsel Monte Lemann II wrote in an email response to the Am Law Daily.
“We facilitated meetings between representatives of the US and Jamaican governments in their official capacities; and we had formal communications with Jamaican government representatives related to our representation,” said Lemann.
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