Mr. Hirni, a former employee, worked at Sonnenschein for ten months in 2003, before the firm initiated his separation and he departed to pursue other endeavors with Jack Abramoff. The firm had no knowledge regarding any illegal conduct by Mr. Hirni. As we have since learned, the conduct to which Mr. Hirni has pled guilty today occurred just weeks before his unrelated termination from the firm and during a period when Mr. Hirni was seeking to collaborate with Mr. Abramoff and his associates.