{"id":101684,"date":"2025-01-24T10:03:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T18:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/24\/former-jones-day-partner-gets-the-hell-out-of-doge\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T10:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T18:03:52","slug":"former-jones-day-partner-gets-the-hell-out-of-doge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/24\/former-jones-day-partner-gets-the-hell-out-of-doge\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Jones Day Partner Gets The Hell Out Of DOGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s headed to the private sector.<br \/>\nThe post Former Jones Day Partner Gets The Hell Out Of DOGE appeared first on Above the Law.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1059114\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1059114\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1059114\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2151277734-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Milken Institute\u2019s Global Conference Held In Beverly Hills\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1059114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Apu Gomes\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bill McGinley is out at the \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency,\u201d (DOGE). According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/doges-top-lawyer-to-depart-b3fe71a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reporting <\/a>by the Wall Street Journal, the Republican election attorney is joining Vivek Ramaswamy in leaving the Elon Musk-led quasi-governmental agency.<\/p>\n<p>McGinley is no stranger to public service. The attorney left Jones Day in 2017 to join the first Trump administration as the White House Cabinet secretary. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/12\/nx-s1-5188650\/trump-bill-mcginley-white-house-counsel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">initially tapped<\/a> to fill the role of White House Counsel in the current administration, following in the footsteps of another former Jones Day partner Don McGahn. But in December Trump changed direction and named him as counsel to DOGE.<\/p>\n<p>But apparently that role isn\u2019t appealing to McGinley. And it certainly comes with a lot of baggage \u2014 shortly after its creation at least<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/bruce-crumley\/trump-executive-order-creates-doge-trying-to-dodge-lawsuits-challenging-it\/91109886\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> three lawsuits<\/a> were filed contesting DOGE\u2019s authority. National Security Counselors, the Public Citizen and State Democracy Defenders Fund, and the American Federation of Government Employees labor union all filed cases arguing DOGE violates the 1972 Federal Advisory Committee Act.<\/p>\n<p>As for what\u2019s next for McGinley, he\u2019s taking his talents to the private sector. \u201cI am in discussions regarding a number of private sector opportunities and will have something to announce in the next couple of weeks,\u201d McGinley told the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-766490 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_5243-1-scaled-e1623338814705-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kathryn Rubino Headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\">Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1XC11QhFCWxWr4NQrk2sEA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of <a href=\"https:\/\/legaltalknetwork.com\/podcasts\/thinking-like-a-lawyer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#5a313b2e322823341a3b38352c3f2e323f363b2d7439353765292f38303f392e6703352f287f686a1935362f3734\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">her<\/a> with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/01\/former-jones-day-partner-gets-the-hell-out-of-doge\/%E2%80%9C\/\/twitter.com\/Kathryn1%22%E2%80%9D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Mastodon <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Kathryn1%22\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@[email\u00a0protected].<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s headed to the private sector. The post Former Jones Day Partner Gets The Hell Out Of DOGE appeared first on Above the Law. (Photo by Apu Gomes\/Getty Images) Bill McGinley is out at the \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency,\u201d (DOGE). According to reporting by the Wall Street Journal, the Republican election attorney is joining Vivek [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":101685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law","category-legal_matters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2151277734-HzfC8E.jpeg?fit=594%2C396&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}