NEW YORK: The law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has hired Sard Verbinnen & Co to handle media relations for former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his wife, Silda.

Sard MD Denise DesChenes said the team providing representation on behalf of the governor and his wife consists of herself, MDs Brandy Bergman and Anna Cordasco, and chairman and CEO George Sard. She declined to provide further details on the work.

Spitzer resigned from office on March 12 after ...