Are we talking about Trump's vendetta against Covington and Perkins Coie

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Biglaw firms have for years bullied individuals they don’t like for political reasons through pro bono work, almost always individuals who were conservatives. Now there is a bigger bully in town. Can’t say I feel bad for them.

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Doug Emhoff's law firm is next. Don't doubt for a moment that one of Trump's most important goals for his second term is to punish his enemies. Remember--it' always first and foremost about him.

"The law firm that employs Doug Emhoff, former Vice President Kamala Harris’s husband, has learned that it is among the next firms that Mr. Trump plans to use his power to punish, according to four people briefed on the matter.

The firm, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, also employs a top investigator for the congressional committee that documented President Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, and a litigator who spearheaded a lawsuit that two Georgia election workers brought against Rudolph W. Giuliani. Mr. Giuliani was found in that case to have defamed the women as he tried to help Mr. Trump overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, and was ordered to pay the women $148 million."

Doug Emhoff's Law Firm is Said to Be Trump's Next Target
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/trump-law-firm-doug-emhoff-wilkie-farr-gallagher.html

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, is anyone surprised? These are big law firms full of greedy millionaire lawyers. It's par for the course.

We’re not all greedy millionaires. It’s only the higher ups on the executive committee who are usually the bad guys. Many many liberal lawyers in DC biglaw. But many of the partners do not have a say in what happens.

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Anonymous wrote:Doug Emhoff's law firm is next. Don't doubt for a moment that one of Trump's most important goals for his second term is to punish his enemies. Remember--it' always first and foremost about him.

"The law firm that employs Doug Emhoff, former Vice President Kamala Harris’s husband, has learned that it is among the next firms that Mr. Trump plans to use his power to punish, according to four people briefed on the matter.

The firm, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, also employs a top investigator for the congressional committee that documented President Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, and a litigator who spearheaded a lawsuit that two Georgia election workers brought against Rudolph W. Giuliani. Mr. Giuliani was found in that case to have defamed the women as he tried to help Mr. Trump overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, and was ordered to pay the women $148 million."

Doug Emhoff's Law Firm is Said to Be Trump's Next Target
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/trump-law-firm-doug-emhoff-wilkie-farr-gallagher.html

Shows Trump has zero loyalty. Willkie was the firm that gave him his MLTN (More Likely Than Not) Letter related to losses incurred with respect to the bankruptcy of one of his casinos back in the 90s. No other firm would touch it, including the firm I worked for in NYC at the time. It permitted him billions in NOL carry-forwards.

I guess the lesson is that don't expect anything you do for Trump to curry lasting favor.

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Anonymous wrote:Biglaw firms have for years bullied individuals they don’t like for political reasons through pro bono work, almost always individuals who were conservatives. Now there is a bigger bully in town. Can’t say I feel bad for them.

What are you talking about?

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher update

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Today Milbank

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-reaches-agreement-with-milbank-law-firm-2025-04-02/

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Very few of the biggest firms are signing onto the Perkins amicus brief being prepared by Munger. Disappointing but not that surprising.

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Anonymous wrote:Very few of the biggest firms are signing onto the Perkins amicus brief being prepared by Munger. Disappointing but not that surprising.

Yup. Heaven forbid these guys have a drop in PPP to show a little back bone.

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Anonymous wrote:Very few of the biggest firms are signing onto the Perkins amicus brief being prepared by Munger. Disappointing but not that surprising.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very few of the biggest firms are signing onto the Perkins amicus brief being prepared by Munger. Disappointing but not that surprising.

The former DC Bar presidents working for top 20 firms did not sign that second amicus brief.

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Here is the NYT article not behind a payroll.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/in-trumps-fight-with-perkins-coie-the-richest-law-firms-are-staying-quiet/

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very few of the biggest firms are signing onto the Perkins amicus brief being prepared by Munger. Disappointing but not that surprising.

The former DC Bar presidents working for top 20 firms did not sign that second amicus brief.

The D.C. Bar has a different president each year, and Philip Lacovara, who led the group in 1988-89 and helped organize the effort, said they were able to reach 25 past presidents who were eligible to sign.

Most of the 17 who signed worked for smaller law firms, organizations or companies — or were retired. The eight who declined to sign the brief mostly work for large law firms including Kirkland & Ellis.

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https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/law-firms-back-perkins-coie-in-lawsuit-fighting-trump

Big Law Mostly Sits Out Indistry Response to Trump Orders

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