Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs, stirred controversy when he went on record criticizing the patriotism of law firms that allowed employees to assist Guantanamo captives: "corporate CEOs seeing this should ask firms to choose between lucrative retainers and representing terrorists." Stimson's views were widely criticized. The Pentagon disavowed them and he resigned shortly thereafter. Insider trading controversy In 2008, police uncovered an insider trading conspiracy involving Dorsey & Whitney partner Gil Cornblum, who there and earlier in his career at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York discovered inside information and, with his con-conspirator, Stanko "Stan" Grmovsek– a former lawyer and Cornblum's law school classmate –was found to have gained over $10 million in illegal profits over a 14-year span. Cornblum committed suicide by jumping from a bridge as he was under investigation and shortly before he was to be arrested but before criminal charges were laid against him, one day before his alleged co-conspirator pled guilty. See also Tip and Trade Insider trading References External links Dorsey & Whitney website Chambers and Partners USA Profile Dorsey & Whitney: A Minneapolis Law Firm in Transition (Star Tribune) Law firms established in 1912 Law firms based in Minneapolis 1912 establishments in Minnesota Foreign law firms with offices in Hong Kong