after i left the u.s. attorney s office, jeff became the attorney general of alabama. he asked me to join his staff at that time, but i declined to join his staff. however, he made me a special assistant attorney general, and he put me in charge of handling defense cases for the state of alabama. also during this time period, jeff became charnled with violating the state of alabama s ethics act. it involved a company by the name of tyco. jeff sessions could have hired any lawyer he wanted to to represent him in that matter. jeff decided to hire me in that particular case. we had that case, and during the course of it, it was probably the longest hearing that had ever been held before the state ethics commission. at that point jeff was fully exonerated of all the charges involved in the state ethics t act.