Mike Ramsey, the Houston-based criminal defense attorney who is representing former Enron CEO and Chairman Ken Lay, has requested another meeting with the Enron Task Force to plead his case that Mr. Lay should not be indicted.
Ramsey’s move in requesting the meeting with prosecutors is unusual, but the Enron case is such a hot button item culturally and politically that creative tactical decisions are necessary. Ex-Enron CEO Jeff Skilling asked for a similar meeting before he was indicted earlier this year, but it did not do much good — Skilling was indicted on 35 felony counts a few days later.
Lawyers close to the case have said federal prosecutors plan to ask a grand jury any day to indict Lay on charges relating to the last few months he was at the helm of Enron as the company plummetted into bankruptcy in late 2001.