{"id":136923,"date":"2025-11-14T16:16:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T00:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/11\/14\/man-who-heckled-paul-weiss-chair-turns-out-to-be-a-lawyer-with-a-warning-for-the-professions-future\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T16:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T00:16:29","slug":"man-who-heckled-paul-weiss-chair-turns-out-to-be-a-lawyer-with-a-warning-for-the-professions-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/11\/14\/man-who-heckled-paul-weiss-chair-turns-out-to-be-a-lawyer-with-a-warning-for-the-professions-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Who Heckled Paul Weiss Chair Turns Out To Be A Lawyer With A Warning For The Profession\u2019s Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

When the executive branch puts their fingers on the scales of justice and says, \u2018I\u2019m going to punish you for your viewpoint,\u2019 everybody in the bar should start heckling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2014 <\/i>Raymond J. Dowd<\/a>, a partner at Dunnington Bartholow & Miller, in comments given to Bloomberg Law<\/a>, concerning the \u201centirely spontaneous\u201d moment when he started heckling Brad Karp<\/a>, chair of Paul Weiss, over the firm\u2019s pro bono deal with Trump<\/a>, at last week\u2019s New York Bar Foundation gala. After the event, Karp called Dowd to discuss what happened. \u201cI appreciated him sharing his views,\u201d Dowd said. \u201cHe was not expressing rage or anger. I just think he felt quite blindsided, and I said, \u2018I felt exactly the same way.\u2019\u201d Dowd went on to say that it\u2019s his \u201csincere hope\u201d that his heckling brings about change. \u201cI think having a larger dialogue on these issues is very important for the future health of the legal profession,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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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 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 Man Who Heckled Paul Weiss Chair Turns Out To Be A Lawyer With A Warning For The Profession\u2019s Future<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

When the executive branch puts their fingers on the scales of justice and says, \u2018I\u2019m going to punish you for your viewpoint,\u2019 everybody in the bar should start heckling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2014 <\/i>Raymond J. Dowd<\/a>, a partner at Dunnington Bartholow & Miller, in comments given to Bloomberg Law<\/a>, concerning the \u201centirely spontaneous\u201d moment when he started heckling Brad Karp<\/a>, chair of Paul Weiss, over the firm\u2019s pro bono deal with Trump<\/a>, at last week\u2019s New York Bar Foundation gala. After the event, Karp called Dowd to discuss what happened. \u201cI appreciated him sharing his views,\u201d Dowd said. \u201cHe was not expressing rage or anger. I just think he felt quite blindsided, and I said, \u2018I felt exactly the same way.\u2019\u201d Dowd went on to say that it\u2019s his \u201csincere hope\u201d that his heckling brings about change. \u201cI think having a larger dialogue on these issues is very important for the future health of the legal profession,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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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 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 Man Who Heckled Paul Weiss Chair Turns Out To Be A Lawyer With A Warning For The Profession\u2019s Future<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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