{"id":133353,"date":"2025-09-15T21:48:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/09\/15\/midlevel-biglaw-associates-are-really-concerned-about-donald-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T21:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:48:31","slug":"midlevel-biglaw-associates-are-really-concerned-about-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/09\/15\/midlevel-biglaw-associates-are-really-concerned-about-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Midlevel Biglaw Associates Are Really Concerned About Donald 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>President Trump lol.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em><i>\u2014 <\/i><strong><em><strong><em>An anonymous Am Law 100 associate\u2019s response to a question found in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/2025\/09\/09\/associates-say-the-darndest-things-2025-penguins-ghosts-and-yankees-edition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Lawyer Midlevel Associates Survey<\/a>\u00a0about what they <strong>consider the biggest threat to their current role in the industry<\/strong>. As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/09\/04\/how-firms-navigate-trump-v-big-law-helped-set-the-tone-for-this-years-midlevel-associate-feedback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Am Law<\/a>, how firms handled the Trump v. Biglaw battle really shaped this year\u2019s feedback from midlevel associates. More notable and quotable responses can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/2025\/09\/09\/associates-say-the-darndest-things-2025-penguins-ghosts-and-yankees-edition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/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 the managing editor of 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\/09\/midlevel-biglaw-associates-are-really-concerned-about-donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Midlevel Biglaw Associates Are Really Concerned About Donald Trump<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<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>President Trump lol.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em><i>\u2014 <\/i><strong><em><strong><em>An anonymous Am Law 100 associate\u2019s response to a question found in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/2025\/09\/09\/associates-say-the-darndest-things-2025-penguins-ghosts-and-yankees-edition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Lawyer Midlevel Associates Survey<\/a>\u00a0about what they <strong>consider the biggest threat to their current role in the industry<\/strong>. As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/09\/04\/how-firms-navigate-trump-v-big-law-helped-set-the-tone-for-this-years-midlevel-associate-feedback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Am Law<\/a>, how firms handled the Trump v. Biglaw battle really shaped this year\u2019s feedback from midlevel associates. More notable and quotable responses can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/2025\/09\/09\/associates-say-the-darndest-things-2025-penguins-ghosts-and-yankees-edition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/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 the managing editor of 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\/09\/midlevel-biglaw-associates-are-really-concerned-about-donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Midlevel Biglaw Associates Are Really Concerned About Donald Trump<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. President Trump lol. \u2014 An anonymous Am Law 100 associate\u2019s response to a question found in the\u00a0American Lawyer Midlevel Associates Survey\u00a0about what they consider the biggest threat to their current role in the industry. As noted by Am Law, how firms handled the Trump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":133286,"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-133353","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\/09\/Staci-Zaretsky-1PQMs4.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133353","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=133353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}