Brent Furer

Attorney: Vitter Aide Paid His Own 'Minimal' Fees In Assault Case

Justin Elliott | June 23, 2010, 12:01PM

Senator David Vitter (R-LA)

One of the curiosities of the case of the now-former aide to Sen. David Vitter who held his girlfriend hostage during an assault in 2008, is that Brent Furer, on a $47,000-per-year salary, hired one of the top lawyers at one of Washington's fanciest law firms to represent him.

The lawyer, Thomas Kelly of Venable LLP, told TPMmuckraker this morning that the fees in the case were "minimal" -- and that Furer paid.

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