{"id":144885,"date":"2026-02-26T15:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/26\/maurene-comey-takes-on-new-role-as-partner-at-law-firm\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:44:04","slug":"maurene-comey-takes-on-new-role-as-partner-at-law-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/26\/maurene-comey-takes-on-new-role-as-partner-at-law-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Maurene Comey Takes On New Role As Partner At Law Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"

For all of the administration\u2019s big talk of meritocracy coming back to put the people who actually deserve the jobs in power, there\u2019s been a lot of incompetency at the helm. Planes falling out the sky, repeated failures to indict pedophiles \u2014 let alone a sandwich<\/a> \u2014 the list goes on. An explanatory thread that runs through the Kakistocracy is absolute fealty to Trump. And, given his self-declared love for the \u201cpoorly educated<\/a>,\u201d he has done a great job of empowering people that are quicker to chant \u201cUSA! USA!\u201d than to ask if they\u2019re being told to act in ways that are un-American<\/a>. That comes at a great cost, namely the brain drain that comes from nixing competent people that put concepts like \u201cjustice\u201d or \u201cthe Constitution\u201d above Trump\u2019s orange, bloated ego. Maurene Comey was one of the competent prosecutors hit, but she\u2019s already pivoted successfully. <\/p>\n

Reuters has coverage:<\/p>\n

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Maurene Comey, who brought criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and music mogul Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs before she was fired as a Manhattan federal prosecutor last year, has moved into private practice at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, the law firm said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Comey was among several federal prosecutors fired by the U.S. Justice Department since President Donald Trump returned to office last year. In September, she sued the DOJ and the Executive Office of the President, alleging she was not provided any cause for her removal.
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Comey will be a partner at New York-based, 200-lawyer Patterson Belknap. She noted on Wednesday that the law firm was among those that signed onto briefs denouncing U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s targeting of law firms through punishing executive orders last year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There\u2019s a reasonable suspicion that she was singled out because she is the daughter of James Comey, a man whose sea-shell-on-sand art project<\/a> was taken so seriously that Kash Patel launched an FBI investigation over it. Or maybe it had something to do with her successful prosecution of very big names involved in sex crimes. Just shooting in the dark here because, again, she wasn\u2019t given any cause for her removal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is a high profile example of the brain drain, but trust that this won\u2019t be the last time it happens. Not too long ago the Pentagon flagged most of the T14 and other top ranked institutions<\/a> (go WashU!) as ineligible for DoD tuition assistance programs because the schools were deemed \u2018too woke.\u201d As much as I\u2019d like to think no angels will have to cry over a law student getting into Yale only to be forced out because the money evaporated, these funding cuts will keep minds from flourishing to the degree they would if they could afford getting in to NYU, Harvard, or Princeton\u2019s non-existent law school. Check the list \u2014 they actually banned Princeton and Brown\u2019s non-existent law schools from eligibility. That\u2019s what happens when you have the \u201cpoorly educated\u201d determining America\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

Congrats to Comey on her new role at Patterson Belknap!<\/p>\n

Fired US Prosecutor Maurene Comey Joins New York Law Firm<\/a>\u00a0 [Reuters]<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/strong>: Maureen Comey Tries To 86 47\u2019s Firing Her<\/a><\/p>\n

James Comey Enjoys Long Walks On The Beach\u2026 So MAGA Gonna Send Him To El Salvador Prison Camp<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Maurene Comey Takes On New Role As Partner At Law Firm<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For all of the administration\u2019s big talk of meritocracy coming back to put the people who actually deserve the jobs in power, there\u2019s been a lot of incompetency at the helm. Planes falling out the sky, repeated failures to indict pedophiles \u2014 let alone a sandwich<\/a> \u2014 the list goes on. An explanatory thread that runs through the Kakistocracy is absolute fealty to Trump. And, given his self-declared love for the \u201cpoorly educated<\/a>,\u201d he has done a great job of empowering people that are quicker to chant \u201cUSA! USA!\u201d than to ask if they\u2019re being told to act in ways that are un-American<\/a>. That comes at a great cost, namely the brain drain that comes from nixing competent people that put concepts like \u201cjustice\u201d or \u201cthe Constitution\u201d above Trump\u2019s orange, bloated ego. Maurene Comey was one of the competent prosecutors hit, but she\u2019s already pivoted successfully. <\/p>\n

Reuters has coverage:<\/p>\n

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Maurene Comey, who brought criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and music mogul Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs before she was fired as a Manhattan federal prosecutor last year, has moved into private practice at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, the law firm said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Comey was among several federal prosecutors fired by the U.S. Justice Department since President Donald Trump returned to office last year. In September, she sued the DOJ and the Executive Office of the President, alleging she was not provided any cause for her removal.
\u2026
Comey will be a partner at New York-based, 200-lawyer Patterson Belknap. She noted on Wednesday that the law firm was among those that signed onto briefs denouncing U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s targeting of law firms through punishing executive orders last year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There\u2019s a reasonable suspicion that she was singled out because she is the daughter of James Comey, a man whose sea-shell-on-sand art project<\/a> was taken so seriously that Kash Patel launched an FBI investigation over it. Or maybe it had something to do with her successful prosecution of very big names involved in sex crimes. Just shooting in the dark here because, again, she wasn\u2019t given any cause for her removal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is a high profile example of the brain drain, but trust that this won\u2019t be the last time it happens. Not too long ago the Pentagon flagged most of the T14 and other top ranked institutions<\/a> (go WashU!) as ineligible for DoD tuition assistance programs because the schools were deemed \u2018too woke.\u201d As much as I\u2019d like to think no angels will have to cry over a law student getting into Yale only to be forced out because the money evaporated, these funding cuts will keep minds from flourishing to the degree they would if they could afford getting in to NYU, Harvard, or Princeton\u2019s non-existent law school. Check the list \u2014 they actually banned Princeton and Brown\u2019s non-existent law schools from eligibility. That\u2019s what happens when you have the \u201cpoorly educated\u201d determining America\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

Congrats to Comey on her new role at Patterson Belknap!<\/p>\n

Fired US Prosecutor Maurene Comey Joins New York Law Firm<\/a>\u00a0 [Reuters]<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/strong>: Maureen Comey Tries To 86 47\u2019s Firing Her<\/a><\/p>\n

James Comey Enjoys Long Walks On The Beach\u2026 So MAGA Gonna Send Him To El Salvador Prison Camp<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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