{"id":112223,"date":"2025-03-27T17:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T01:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/03\/27\/wilmerhale-becomes-the-latest-firm-targeted-by-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T17:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T01:00:13","slug":"wilmerhale-becomes-the-latest-firm-targeted-by-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/03\/27\/wilmerhale-becomes-the-latest-firm-targeted-by-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"WilmerHale Becomes The Latest Firm Targeted By Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo by Brendan McDermid-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With Skadden<\/a> joining Paul Weiss<\/a> in bowing to Donald Trump\u2019s effort to silence Biglaw, the White House feels duly emboldened that they can bully lawyers into looking the other way when it comes to the rule of law. As firms give in to his threats, he successfully sidelines powerful lawyers that might otherwise take the government to court when he names his horse Consul for Life or whatever is coming next month. <\/p>\n

And so Trump has fired off another threat, this time to WilmerHale in the form of an executive order stripping their lawyers of security clearances too<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now they\u2019ll just have to join Signal to get access to classified documents. <\/p>\n

WilmerHale had already been targeted by the administration\u2019s bogus EEOC volley<\/a> \u2014 and this order cites diversity as one of the reasons he\u2019s trying to gut their government practice \u2014 but the real reason he\u2019s hot for WilmerHale appears as the final bullet point:<\/p>\n

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WilmerHale rewarded Robert Mueller and two of his colleagues by welcoming them to the firm after they wielded the power of the Federal government to lead a partisan \u201cinvestigation\u201d against the President and others. Mueller\u2019s investigation epitomizes the weaponization of government.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What a weird thing to be mad about because someone<\/em> told me Bob Mueller\u2019s report worked out great for Trump\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION. KEEP AMERICA GREAT!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Surely Trump wouldn\u2019t lie about a thing like that.<\/p>\n

The order takes away security clearances, terminates government work with the firm and bans agencies from hiring Wilmer alums \u201cunless specifically authorized.\u201d And it escalated the EEOC threat by laying out a future Title VII case. <\/p>\n

Will WilmerHale take the fight to the courts like Perkins Coie or cave like Paul Weiss and Skadden? It\u2019s March Madness time and yet somehow that\u2019s the hottest bet going right now.<\/p>\n

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\"Headshot\"Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post WilmerHale Becomes The Latest Firm Targeted By Trump<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Brendan McDermid-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With Skadden<\/a> joining Paul Weiss<\/a> in bowing to Donald Trump\u2019s effort to silence Biglaw, the White House feels duly emboldened that they can bully lawyers into looking the other way when it comes to the rule of law. As firms give in to his threats, he successfully sidelines powerful lawyers that might otherwise take the government to court when he names his horse Consul for Life or whatever is coming next month. <\/p>\n

And so Trump has fired off another threat, this time to WilmerHale in the form of an executive order stripping their lawyers of security clearances too<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now they\u2019ll just have to join Signal to get access to classified documents. <\/p>\n

WilmerHale had already been targeted by the administration\u2019s bogus EEOC volley<\/a> \u2014 and this order cites diversity as one of the reasons he\u2019s trying to gut their government practice \u2014 but the real reason he\u2019s hot for WilmerHale appears as the final bullet point:<\/p>\n

\n

WilmerHale rewarded Robert Mueller and two of his colleagues by welcoming them to the firm after they wielded the power of the Federal government to lead a partisan \u201cinvestigation\u201d against the President and others. Mueller\u2019s investigation epitomizes the weaponization of government.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What a weird thing to be mad about because someone<\/em> told me Bob Mueller\u2019s report worked out great for Trump\u2026<\/p>\n

Surely Trump wouldn\u2019t lie about a thing like that.<\/p>\n

The order takes away security clearances, terminates government work with the firm and bans agencies from hiring Wilmer alums \u201cunless specifically authorized.\u201d And it escalated the EEOC threat by laying out a future Title VII case. <\/p>\n

Will WilmerHale take the fight to the courts like Perkins Coie or cave like Paul Weiss and Skadden? It\u2019s March Madness time and yet somehow that\u2019s the hottest bet going right now.<\/p>\n

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\"Headshot\"Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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