{"id":144806,"date":"2026-02-25T15:14:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/25\/tariff-turmoil-is-turning-into-a-biglaw-billing-bonanza\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:14:26","slug":"tariff-turmoil-is-turning-into-a-biglaw-billing-bonanza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/25\/tariff-turmoil-is-turning-into-a-biglaw-billing-bonanza\/","title":{"rendered":"Tariff Turmoil Is Turning Into A Biglaw Billing Bonanza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0<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>Virtually all of our clients at our firm are interested in this, and the firm has thousands of clients. Every single one of them is following this issue. It\u2019s more important to some than to others.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>\u2014\u00a0Aaron Cummings, a shareholder at Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber &amp; Shreck, in comments given to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/nationallawjournal\/2026\/02\/24\/chaotic-big-law-trade-attorneys-deluged-with-client-inquiries-after-tariff-ruling\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Law Journal<\/a>, concerning client inquiries about tariff refund litigation in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down President Donald Trump\u2019s signature tariffs on imports. In fact, clients are so interested in recouping their money that Quinn Emanuel has created a tariff refund litigation task force to advise clients on their legal options. Dennis Hranitzky, a partner at Quinn Emanuel, said the firm has been \u201cdeluged with inbounds from clients and prospective clients.\u201d<\/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\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66762\" 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\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email<\/a>\u00a0her 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\/2026\/02\/tariff-turmoil-is-turning-into-a-biglaw-billing-bonanza\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tariff Turmoil Is Turning Into A Biglaw Billing Bonanza<\/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,\u00a0<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>Virtually all of our clients at our firm are interested in this, and the firm has thousands of clients. Every single one of them is following this issue. It\u2019s more important to some than to others.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>\u2014\u00a0Aaron Cummings, a shareholder at Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber &amp; Shreck, in comments given to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/nationallawjournal\/2026\/02\/24\/chaotic-big-law-trade-attorneys-deluged-with-client-inquiries-after-tariff-ruling\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Law Journal<\/a>, concerning client inquiries about tariff refund litigation in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down President Donald Trump\u2019s signature tariffs on imports. In fact, clients are so interested in recouping their money that Quinn Emanuel has created a tariff refund litigation task force to advise clients on their legal options. Dennis Hranitzky, a partner at Quinn Emanuel, said the firm has been \u201cdeluged with inbounds from clients and prospective clients.\u201d<\/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\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66762\" 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\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email<\/a>\u00a0her 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\/2026\/02\/tariff-turmoil-is-turning-into-a-biglaw-billing-bonanza\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tariff Turmoil Is Turning Into A Biglaw Billing Bonanza<\/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,\u00a0Quote of the Day. Virtually all of our clients at our firm are interested in this, and the firm has thousands of clients. Every single one of them is following this issue. It\u2019s more important to some than to others. \u2014\u00a0Aaron Cummings, a shareholder at Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":144807,"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-144806","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\/2026\/02\/Staci-Zaretsky-lA10zJ.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144806","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=144806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}