{"id":114526,"date":"2025-04-11T11:08:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T19:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/11\/five-top-biglaw-firms-pledge-their-allegiance-to-trump-promising-to-provide-legal-services-beyond-his-time-in-the-white-house\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T11:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T19:08:22","slug":"five-top-biglaw-firms-pledge-their-allegiance-to-trump-promising-to-provide-legal-services-beyond-his-time-in-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/11\/five-top-biglaw-firms-pledge-their-allegiance-to-trump-promising-to-provide-legal-services-beyond-his-time-in-the-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Top Biglaw Firms Pledge Their Allegiance To Trump, Promising To Provide Legal Services \u2018Beyond\u2019 His Time In The White House"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier today, we reported that additional Biglaw firms were in talks with the Trump administration<\/a> to avoid becoming victims of his far-reaching and likely unconstitutional executive orders. We now know that Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher, and Cadwalader have all inked deals with Trump \u2014 and they\u2019re far<\/em> worse than the already bad deals other Biglaw firms like Skadden<\/a>,\u00a0Milbank<\/a>, Willkie<\/a>, and\u00a0Paul Weiss<\/a> got.<\/p>\n

Kirkland, Latham, Simpson, and A&O Shearman were among the Biglaw firms threatened with EEOC investigations<\/a> concerning their DEI practices; with their pro bono payola deals, those menacing EEOC claims have now disappeared. The American Lawyer<\/a> has the details on those poorly negotiated agreements:<\/p>\n

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Kirkland, Latham, A&O Shearman and Simpson, together, will provide an aggregate of at least $500 million in pro bono work \u201cand other free legal services\u201d during the Trump administration \u201cand beyond,\u201d Trump said. Each firm is agreeing to $125 million worth of pro bono in all, Trump said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

These firms will now be under Trump\u2019s control throughout his presidency \u201cand beyond\u201d his stay in the White House. Bending a knee to a president who believes he\u2019s become a king will do nothing good for these firms.<\/p>\n

As far as Cadwalader is concerned, the firm escaped with providing \u201cat least $100 million in pro bono legal services\u201d to Trump, all for saving Todd Blanche\u2019s dignity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s announcement of these deals included a statement from the leaders of Simpson, Latham, Kirkland, and A&O Shearman: <\/p>\n

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\u201cToday, our Firms reached an agreement with President Trump and his Administration, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). We have resolved this matter while upholding long-held principles important to each of our Firms: Equal Employment Opportunity; providing pro bono assistance to a wide range of underserved populations, and ensuring fairness in the Justice System; and representing a broad spectrum of clients on various matters. We look forward to a continued constructive and productive relationship with President Trump and his team.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Which firm will be the next to pledge its fealty to Trump? Track how Biglaw is responding to the attack on the industry here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kirkland, Latham, A&O Shearman, Simpson and Cadwalader Make Deal with Trump<\/a> [American Lawyer]<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/strong>: 3 More Major Biglaw Firms Are Looking To Bow To Trump<\/a><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Five Top Biglaw Firms Pledge Their Allegiance To Trump, Promising To Provide Legal Services \u2018Beyond\u2019 His Time In The White House<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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(Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier today, we reported that additional Biglaw firms were in talks with the Trump administration<\/a> to avoid becoming victims of his far-reaching and likely unconstitutional executive orders. We now know that Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher, and Cadwalader have all inked deals with Trump \u2014 and they\u2019re far<\/em> worse than the already bad deals other Biglaw firms like Skadden<\/a>,\u00a0Milbank<\/a>, Willkie<\/a>, and\u00a0Paul Weiss<\/a> got.<\/p>\n

Kirkland, Latham, Simpson, and A&O Shearman were among the Biglaw firms threatened with EEOC investigations<\/a> concerning their DEI practices; with their pro bono payola deals, those menacing EEOC claims have now disappeared. The American Lawyer<\/a> has the details on those poorly negotiated agreements:<\/p>\n

\n

Kirkland, Latham, A&O Shearman and Simpson, together, will provide an aggregate of at least $500 million in pro bono work \u201cand other free legal services\u201d during the Trump administration \u201cand beyond,\u201d Trump said. Each firm is agreeing to $125 million worth of pro bono in all, Trump said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

These firms will now be under Trump\u2019s control throughout his presidency \u201cand beyond\u201d his stay in the White House. Bending a knee to a president who believes he\u2019s become a king will do nothing good for these firms.<\/p>\n

As far as Cadwalader is concerned, the firm escaped with providing \u201cat least $100 million in pro bono legal services\u201d to Trump, all for saving Todd Blanche\u2019s dignity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s announcement of these deals included a statement from the leaders of Simpson, Latham, Kirkland, and A&O Shearman: <\/p>\n

\n

\u201cToday, our Firms reached an agreement with President Trump and his Administration, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). We have resolved this matter while upholding long-held principles important to each of our Firms: Equal Employment Opportunity; providing pro bono assistance to a wide range of underserved populations, and ensuring fairness in the Justice System; and representing a broad spectrum of clients on various matters. We look forward to a continued constructive and productive relationship with President Trump and his team.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Which firm will be the next to pledge its fealty to Trump? Track how Biglaw is responding to the attack on the industry here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kirkland, Latham, A&O Shearman, Simpson and Cadwalader Make Deal with Trump<\/a> [American Lawyer]<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/strong>: 3 More Major Biglaw Firms Are Looking To Bow To Trump<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Staci
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP\/Getty Images) Earlier today, we reported that additional Biglaw firms were in talks with the Trump administration to avoid becoming victims of his far-reaching and likely unconstitutional executive orders. We now know that Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher, and Cadwalader have all inked deals with Trump \u2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":114512,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Staci-Zaretsky-fV6LmF.jpeg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114526","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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}