Welch requests permission to bring trial lawyer for divorce
The Jack Welch divorce proceedings saga continues according to this New York Times story (registration required). So much for wanting to reduce the public mess for GE and himself.
John F. Welch Jr., the former chairman and chief executive of General Electric, is trying to bring in Daniel K. Webb, a prominent trial lawyer and a former United States attorney in Chicago, to work on his pending divorce from Jane Beasley Welch.
Mr. Webb, a partner at Winston & Strawn in Chicago, has represented Philip Morris in tobacco litigation and has recently been hired by Microsoft for a new round in the government's antitrust battle. Controversial cases are a natural for trial lawyers, he has said, because those are the ones where the parties do not settle but instead go to trial.
...Mr. Welch's plan to add Mr. Webb, who has handled some business issues for General Electric, signals that the divorce could turn even more acrimonious. There had been some speculation that Mr. Welch and his wife might reach an out-of-court settlement to avoid any more bad publicity for him.