by RG | Nov 10, 2026 | above the law
Rachel Maddow Wants Democrats To Impeach Todd Blanche Right After Pete Hegseth: Stephen Miller has a lawyer, and so, apparently, does Pete Hegseth. If Democrats take Maddow’s advice, the real question is who’s going to represent Todd Blanche. Top 20 Biglaw Firm...
by RG | Nov 10, 2026 | above the law
It’s a match, and bonuses too! Last year, Goodwin broke from its usual January timing and announced bonuses in mid-December. This year, the firm isn’t even waiting for Thanksgiving. On Tuesday, the Top 20 Am Law firm told associates it is raising US base salaries to...
by RG | Nov 10, 2026 | above the law
If you took Elizabeth Holmes asking “Why would I deceive you? There’s no reason for me to do that,” and poured all that energy into the Department of Justice, you’d end up with Henry Whitaker. As senior counselor to the Attorney General, Whitaker is the apparatchik...
by RG | Nov 10, 2026 | above the law
(Image via Getty)We started the year with an interview of Khurram Naik, a former patent litigator that now owns Freshwater Counsel, one of the leading boutique recruiting agencies for IP litigators. While that business continues to generate success stories for both...
by RG | Nov 10, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Every lawyer knows what a “white-shoe firm” is — an old-line, prestigious, tradition-bound, Wall Street firm. But the label is literal: it comes from an actual piece of footwear. What shoe gave the...
by RG | Nov 10, 2026 | above the law
The human cost of the Trump administration’s immigration surge has been staggering, measured in detained parents, deported neighbors, and people held for months without ever seeing a bond hearing. There’s a second casualty, too: a Justice Department that no longer has...
