Another lawyer joins the resistance
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Laval, Petain loses yet another rainmaker:
Damian Williams, the former top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, is leaving the law firm Paul Weiss to join Jenner & Block, defecting from a firm that struck a deal with the Trump administration to sign on with one that fought it in court.
Williams is the highest-profile attorney to join the exodus from firms that made deals with President Donald Trump this year. Trump has roiled the legal profession by targeting some high-profile law firms with punishing executive orders. Some firms sued to challenge his actions. Others instead made deals to avoid similar sanctions, outraging many lawyers within those businesses and across the legal profession.
While a string of attorneys have left those firms in recent weeks, Williams’s departure is notable both because of his prominence and because he is swapping firms that took opposing approaches to Trump’s crackdown.
“I’ve seen firsthand how this firm expertly tackles the toughest cases and lives its values,” Williams said in a statement. “I’m excited to join a team with an extraordinary depth of legal talent that doesn’t shy away from hard fights — and delivers results that matter.”
In March, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison became the first firm to make a deal with Trump. He had targeted the firm with an executive order, then withdrew it after Paul Weiss agreed to provide $40 million worth of pro bono legal services for causes including aiding veterans and fighting antisemitism. Eight other firms soon struck their own deals, and in total, firms have pledged nearly $1 billion in combined pro bono legal services.
No sleep until the collaborators go out of business. And again, it shouldn’t be hard because this is a case where principle and self-interest unite perfectly.