{"id":123221,"date":"2025-06-17T20:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/17\/more-biglaw-partners-are-itching-to-leave-firms-that-made-deals-with-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T20:03:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:03:02","slug":"more-biglaw-partners-are-itching-to-leave-firms-that-made-deals-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/17\/more-biglaw-partners-are-itching-to-leave-firms-that-made-deals-with-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"More Biglaw Partners Are Itching To Leave Firms That Made Deals With Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>I have a high degree of confidence there will be other moves that are not yet public. That said, the notice period is probably only part of why details are not yet public \u2026 laterals and groups commonly shop themselves to multiple firms \u2026 it takes time to have those conversations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em><i>\u2014 <\/i><strong>An industry observer, speaking anonymously to preserve professional relationships, in comments given to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/06\/17\/more-lawyers-want-out-of-law-firms-that-made-deals-with-trump-but-notice-periods-may-slow-them-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning partners who are eager to leave Biglaw firms that capitulated to Donald Trump, but may be bound by their notice periods, which can typically range anywhere from 30 to 60 days. <\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-441281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">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 <a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/06\/more-biglaw-partners-are-itching-to-leave-firms-that-made-deals-with-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More Biglaw Partners Are Itching To Leave Firms That Made Deals With Trump<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/05\/goodbye-farewell-lateral-partner-move-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p id=\"block-d36072d9-2666-4de7-928f-05b3309c1f72\"><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>I have a high degree of confidence there will be other moves that are not yet public. That said, the notice period is probably only part of why details are not yet public \u2026 laterals and groups commonly shop themselves to multiple firms \u2026 it takes time to have those conversations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em><i>\u2014 <\/i><strong>An industry observer, speaking anonymously to preserve professional relationships, in comments given to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/06\/17\/more-lawyers-want-out-of-law-firms-that-made-deals-with-trump-but-notice-periods-may-slow-them-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning partners who are eager to leave Biglaw firms that capitulated to Donald Trump, but may be bound by their notice periods, which can typically range anywhere from 30 to 60 days. <\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-441281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"block-6a951eef-9160-4fde-8c25-d3ef54b14bbd\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#cdbeb9acaea48dacafa2bba8b9a5a8a1acbae3aea2a0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I have a high degree of confidence there will be other moves that are not yet public. 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