Samuel Hook

Samuel Hook purchased the Silver Springs, Maryland, lobbying firm GrassRoots Interactive from Republican lawyer Edward B. Miller in September 2003, according to state documents, for a reported $10,000. 

Hook, who originally came to Greenberg Traurig after having worked at the now-defunct accounting firm Arthur Andersen, and his wife, Shana Tesler, were associates at the Greenberg Traurig law firm with indicted lobbyist and Republican fund-raiser Jack Abramoff. 

Tesler followed Abramoff from Greenberg Traurig to the lobbying firm Cassidy & Associates "after he was ousted from Greenberg [in March 2004] following news reports of his questionable dealings with Indian gaming tribes.

On July 11, 2005, Hook and his wife, who had "reportedly been subpoenaed by the Justice Department taskforce" investigating Abramoff, left the country "en route to a new life in Israel." 

SourceWatch Resources

 * "Team Abramoff"