{"id":127606,"date":"2025-07-22T06:03:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/22\/biglaw-associates-are-having-a-moment-when-it-comes-to-quitting-during-trumps-reign\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T06:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:03:31","slug":"biglaw-associates-are-having-a-moment-when-it-comes-to-quitting-during-trumps-reign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/22\/biglaw-associates-are-having-a-moment-when-it-comes-to-quitting-during-trumps-reign\/","title":{"rendered":"Biglaw Associates Are Having A Moment When It Comes To Quitting During Trump\u2019s Reign"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is not normal. It\u2019s very unusual to see them [associates] take to LinkedIn to very specifically announce why they are leaving [and to denounce their firms.] The impression I\u2019m getting is that it was a breach of trust between the associates and leadership\u2026 and the breach of trust can\u2019t be solved.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 <\/i>Anna Sanders, Washington, D.C. recruiter and senior director at VOYlegal, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, about the many very public associate resignations that the legal profession has seen during the Trump era. Sanders said that how firms have reacted to Trump \u201cwill have repercussions\u201d on their recruiting, and that \u201c[i]t appears to be a concern\u201d for candidates whether a firm has made a deal with the president.<\/em><\/strong><\/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 Biglaw Associates Are Having A Moment When It Comes To Quitting During Trump\u2019s Reign<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is not normal. It\u2019s very unusual to see them [associates] take to LinkedIn to very specifically announce why they are leaving [and to denounce their firms.] The impression I\u2019m getting is that it was a breach of trust between the associates and leadership\u2026 and the breach of trust can\u2019t be solved.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 <\/i>Anna Sanders, Washington, D.C. recruiter and senior director at VOYlegal, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, about the many very public associate resignations that the legal profession has seen during the Trump era. Sanders said that how firms have reacted to Trump \u201cwill have repercussions\u201d on their recruiting, and that \u201c[i]t appears to be a concern\u201d for candidates whether a firm has made a deal with the president.<\/em><\/strong><\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. This is not normal. It\u2019s very unusual to see them [associates] take to LinkedIn to very specifically announce why they are leaving [and to denounce their firms.] The impression I\u2019m getting is that it was a breach of trust between the associates and leadership\u2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":127543,"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-127606","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\/07\/Staci-Zaretsky-V0XuNv.jpeg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127606","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=127606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}