{"id":147018,"date":"2026-03-24T15:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T23:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/24\/biglaws-trump-ties-get-called-out-not-a-place-top-litigators-want-to-be\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T23:01:38","slug":"biglaws-trump-ties-get-called-out-not-a-place-top-litigators-want-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/24\/biglaws-trump-ties-get-called-out-not-a-place-top-litigators-want-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Biglaw\u2019s Trump Ties Get Called Out: \u2018Not A Place Top Litigators Want To Be\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

[The nine firms that made deals with Trump are] not a place where any well-regarded litigator wants to be\u2014I don\u2019t think that\u2019s good for your brand. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s good for what we\u2019re supposed to stand up for, which is fighting the government and fighting for the rule of law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Beth Wilkinson<\/a>, founding partner of Wilkinson Stekloff, in comments given to Bloomberg Law<\/a>, concerning the \u201cgreat advantage\u201d litigation boutique firms have had thanks to having \u201cbeen insulated\u201d from Donald Trump\u2019s attacks on Biglaw firms. In total, nine firms made deals with Trump, totaling $940 million in free legal services for causes supported by the administration.<\/strong><\/em><\/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\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her 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\u2019s Trump Ties Get Called Out: \u2018Not A Place Top Litigators Want To Be\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

[The nine firms that made deals with Trump are] not a place where any well-regarded litigator wants to be\u2014I don\u2019t think that\u2019s good for your brand. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s good for what we\u2019re supposed to stand up for, which is fighting the government and fighting for the rule of law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Beth Wilkinson<\/a>, founding partner of Wilkinson Stekloff, in comments given to Bloomberg Law<\/a>, concerning the \u201cgreat advantage\u201d litigation boutique firms have had thanks to having \u201cbeen insulated\u201d from Donald Trump\u2019s attacks on Biglaw firms. In total, nine firms made deals with Trump, totaling $940 million in free legal services for causes supported by the administration.<\/strong><\/em><\/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\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her 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\u2019s Trump Ties Get Called Out: \u2018Not A Place Top Litigators Want To Be\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. [The nine firms that made deals with Trump are] not a place where any well-regarded litigator wants to be\u2014I don\u2019t think that\u2019s good for your brand. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s good for what we\u2019re supposed to stand up for, which is fighting the government and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":147019,"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-147018","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\/03\/Staci-Zaretsky-cttczs.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147018","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=147018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}