Shawn Vasell
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Shawn M. Vasell is a former congressional staffer and lobbyist who served as a senior aide to Senator Conrad Burns, and as aides to then-congressman Porter Goss and judiciary subcommittee chair Senator Spencer Abraham, and, as a lobbyist, was part of Team Abramoff. After working for Porter Goss and Spencer Abraham[1], Vasell took jobs as a lobbyist for Preston Gates & Ellis, and then the law firm Greenberg Traurig LLC before he was hired by Conrad Burns as his State Director in 2001. After a year-long stint with Burns, Vasell returned to Greenberg Traurig in January 2003. Vasell was listed as a lobbyist for the Saginaw Michigan Tribe in 2003, according to Roll Call March 1, 2005.[citation needed] According to John Byrne of The Raw Story, Vasell's official biography for Greenberg Traurig, which has since been taken down, had noted his work during the Florida recount: "Shawn Vasell noted that he was a 'team leader' in Broward and Duval counties in his bio." [2]
