He even let them draft the contract, it said.
He helped draft the Contract with America, which helped the Republicans take over the House.
He had worked for Dick Armey in the House and had helped draft the Contract with America.
"Sit-downs usually happen when there are anxious parties on both sides who don't want to wait for their attorneys to draft the contract," he said.
Frank Luntz, the consultant who helped draft the Contract With America, which helped bring House Republicans to power in 1995, said he could not recall a politician who had taken a step as bold as Mr. Bloomberg's.
At the end of shura, the parties draft the contract and sign on to its provisions - leaving only the Sub-Governor to add his signature to make it official.
In their role as advisers to the Iraqi Oil Ministry, American government lawyers and private-sector consultants provided template contracts and detailed suggestions on drafting the contracts, advisers and a senior State Department official said.
Hiring a lawyer for residential real estate transactions is not standard practice; instead, real estate agents typically handle the legal work, with the seller's agent drafting the contracts.
They are responsible for drafting the contract, assessing the need for property surveys, and searching the local Land Registry for history of ownership.
The trial over that lawsuit shifted in tone on Thursday, when Steven L. Fasman, a lawyer at MacAndrews, who drafted the contract that is at the heart of the case, took the stand to testify in Federal District Court in Manhattan.
