lobbying since 2002. Controversy In 2010, DLA Piper represented Paul Ceglia in his claim that he hired Mark Zuckerberg to create a website that became Facebook and that under the agreement, Ceglia was entitled to ownership of 84 percent of Facebook, then worth multiple billions of dollars. Zuckerberg and Facebook responded that Ceglia had hired Zuckerberg to work on an unrelated site, but Ceglia had fraudulently altered that contract to make it appear to cover Facebook. A DLA Piper attorney told the Wall Street Journal that although he had not seen the original document, he had "absolutely 100% confidence that [Mr. Ceglia's] agreement is authentic." Ceglia's document was later found to be fraudulent, and in 2014, Facebook and Zuckerberg sued DLA Piper and others, claiming Ceglia's lawyers "knew or should have known that the [initial] lawsuit was a fraud." The suit was later dismissed. In June 2020, Squire Patton Boggs filed Ferrellgas Partners LP et al. v. DLA Piper LLP US in Kansas, on behalf of former firm client Ferrellgas, for a breach of fiduciary duty. Notable attorneys, advisors and staff José María Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain, has been senior adviser to DLA Piper's Global Board since 2013 James Blanchard, former Governor of Michigan and former U.S. Ambassador to Canada, has been partner since 1996 Michael Castle, former Governor of Delaware, has been a partner at DLA Piper since 2011. Saxby Chambliss, former US Senator, has been partner since 2015 Bart Chilton, former US Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner, was senior policy adviser from 2014 to 2017 Timothy Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones, Liberal Democrat Peer and former spokesman for the Creative Industries in the House of Lords Douglas Emhoff, attorney, Second Gentleman of the United States and spouse of Vice President Kamala Harris Sir Nigel Knowles was managing partner from 1996 to 2015 and global co-chairman from 2015 to 2016. Ray LaHood, former secretary of the Department of Transportation, has been senior policy adviser since 2014 Former US Senator George Mitchell was DLA Piper's chairman between 2003 and 2009 As of 2012, he is chairman emeritus. Notable alumni Dick Armey, former U.S. Representative from Texas' (1985–2003) and House Majority Leader (1995–2003) Rudi M. Brewster, former judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Peter Bynoe, attorney and businessman who co-owned the Denver Nuggets Tom Daschle, former US Senator and US Senate Majority Leader,; policy adviser