After this assignment, an article in the Washington Post stated that Conrad was ”uniformly described by people who know him as a fair minded, career prosecutor who doesn’t let politics interfere with his work.” At the end of his service as Chief of the CFTF, Reno said “Bob Conrad has done an outstanding job leading the Campaign Financing Task Force for the past year.” Defense Attorney George Laughrun described him as “one of the most ethical lawyers I know.” Another defense attorney described Conrad as “a tough minded but fair prosecutor who is scrupulously honest.”