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Developer says Ferriero wasn’t the only consultant paid through Teaneck law firm

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Developer says Ferriero wasn’t the only consultant paid through Teaneck law firm

MARCH 11, 2015, 7:03 PM    LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015, 9:56 PM
BY PETER J. SAMPSON
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

Former Bergen County Democratic leader Joseph A. Ferriero was not the only consultant whom the Mills Corp., the original developer of the former Xanadu complex, paid through a Teaneck law firm, a retired Mills Corp. executive testified Wednesday at Ferriero’s racketeering trial.

Under cross-examination for a second day, James Dausch said that Kay LiCausi, a former staffer of Sen. Bob Menendez, and the late Rep. Robert Roe also were paid by the Virginia-based Mills Corp. for lobbying or consulting services through the DeCotiis law firm.

Dausch testified that he believed the firm’s founder, M. Robert “Bob” DeCotiis, “tried to manage the consultants working on political stuff through his office” in order to maintain coordination of their actions.

From Mills’ point of view, Dausch added, the consultants’ bills would be easier to review if they were all listed on one monthly invoice from the law firm.

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Ferriero wants U.S. attorney disqualified from RICO case; prosecutors cite new evidence against ex-Democratic leader

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Ferriero wants U.S. attorney disqualified from RICO case; prosecutors cite new evidence against ex-Democratic leader

FEBRUARY 3, 2015, 4:29 PM    LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2015, 5:43 PM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

Federal prosecutors and lawyers defending Joseph Ferriero are exchanging strong new allegations as they enter the final week before the former Bergen County Democratic chairman is scheduled to stand trial on racketeering charges.

Prosecutors are seeking permission to bolster their case with new assertions that Ferriero made hundreds of thousands of dollars by using his influence in four matters: a landfill redevelopment, a land use matter in Hackensack, a disputed Port Authority lease, and a criminal case involving a medical practitioner.

Meanwhile, Ferriero’s lawyers are demanding that either the indictment be thrown out or U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman and his office be disqualified from prosecuting the case. They claim he has an “irreconcilable” conflict of interest because he represented a key government witness before he became U.S. Attorney in 2009.

Moreover, Ferriero’s lawyers say that a member of a prominent Teaneck law firm, referred to as “Attorney 3” in court documents, is “now an immunized government witness central to the government’s case.” Fishman and Attorney 3 once represented the same client, Ferriero’s lawyers said in court documents filed Monday.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/ferriero-wants-u-s-attorney-disqualified-from-rico-case-prosecutors-cite-new-evidence-against-ex-democratic-leader-1.1263661