1.   He achieved notoriety as chief counsel to President Nixon in the Watergate break-in.

2.   Another one seemingly in the dark was David Schippers, chief counsel to the Republicans on the Judiciary Committee, which would initiate any impeachment proceedings.

3.   As chief counsel, Schippers has said his role is to follow the facts wherever they may lead.

4.   Barbara Comstock, chief investigative counsel for the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, said that the White House was inconsistent in its application of privilege.

5.   Bell approached the chief counsel for the investigative subcommittee Tuesday.

6.   Alan Baron, Democratic chief counsel for the Senate investigative committee, said the Barbour case is a top priority for several reasons.

7.   Both sides have hired experienced chief counsels accustomed to gritty battlegrounds of a separate sort.

8.   But even when this is done voluntarily, it technically violates state and federal laws, said Miles Locker, chief counsel to the California labor commissioner.

9.   But government attorneys, led by chief counsel David Boies, were quick to dispute talk that the deal undercuts their case.

10.   But he backed down when his response was ridiculed by Michael Chertoff, the chief Republican counsel.