PHOENIX – Ed Novak, the lead attorney for Arthur Andersen – and former opposing counsel of Attorney General candidate Felecia Rotellini in the Baptist Foundation of Arizona (BFA) case - has come out with great praise for Rotellini, lauding her instrumental role in recovering $217 million recovery for the victims of BFA, who were mainly elderly people and working families.

Mr. Novak’s support comes in response to Arizona Republic columnist Robert Robb’s October 3 column, in which he diminished Rotellini’s involvement in the case. Novak, who led the team of lawyers defending the accounting giant, declared on today’s op-ed page of the Arizona Republic that Robb “mischaracterized” Rotellini’s role.

“She, of all the lawyers who claim credit for the litigation, deserves the recognition,” wrote Novak. “She worked tirelessly in leading both public and private lawyers through three plus years of hard fought battles,” he wrote, and praised her as a “formidable foe.”

“I am honored to have the support of such a respected and accomplished attorney as Ed Novak,” said Felecia Rotellini. “I am deeply grateful to Ed, and to all of the lawyers with whom I’ve worked during my 24 years as an attorney in Arizona who have shown their support for me throughout the campaign– Independents, Democrats and Republicans. Together we are standing up for an Attorney General’s office that is run according to the interests of the people, not party politics.”

Download PDF - Letter from Ed Novak