{"id":149366,"date":"2026-04-22T15:50:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/22\/law-firms-are-drowning-in-cash-trumps-pac-is-drowning-in-legal-bills\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:50:53","slug":"law-firms-are-drowning-in-cash-trumps-pac-is-drowning-in-legal-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/22\/law-firms-are-drowning-in-cash-trumps-pac-is-drowning-in-legal-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Firms Are Drowning In Cash. Trump\u2019s PAC Is Drowning In Legal Bills."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/04\/ranking-the-wealth-of-biglaws-best-is-your-law-firm-super-rich-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Super Rich list<\/a> has 37 firms clearing $1.45M RPL and $625K PPL thresholds after Am Law had to raise because last year\u2019s bar was too easy. Then Kirkland proved what super rich really means by <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/04\/kirkland-lures-wachtells-top-restructuring-lawyer-with-an-80m-incentive-to-jump-ship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dropping a guaranteed $80M over three years<\/a> to snatch a star lawyer from Wachtell. The PAC Trump uses to pay lawyers is nearly $500K in the red and <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/04\/trump-pac-deep-in-debt-and-owes-lawyers-over-a-million\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">owes roughly $1.6M to 12 firms<\/a>. When will lawyers learn that he\u2019s never going to pay his bills\u2026 at least with money. Will Sam Alito retire to cheer on insurrections as a private citizen? If he does, Senate Republicans are ready to embrace the hypocrisy and <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/04\/the-senate-is-prepared-to-confirm-a-supreme-court-justice-and-ted-cruz-might-be-the-pick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ram through a replacement<\/a>. Could it be Ted Cruz?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/04\/law-firms-are-drowning-in-cash-trumps-pac-is-drowning-in-legal-bills\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law Firms Are Drowning In Cash. Trump\u2019s PAC Is Drowning In Legal Bills.<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/12\/Biglaw-bonus-money-lawyer-associate-woman-female-cash-raining-1-300x204.jpg?resize=300%2C204&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/04\/ranking-the-wealth-of-biglaws-best-is-your-law-firm-super-rich-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Super Rich list<\/a> has 37 firms clearing $1.45M RPL and $625K PPL thresholds after Am Law had to raise because last year\u2019s bar was too easy. Then Kirkland proved what super rich really means by <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/04\/kirkland-lures-wachtells-top-restructuring-lawyer-with-an-80m-incentive-to-jump-ship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dropping a guaranteed $80M over three years<\/a> to snatch a star lawyer from Wachtell. The PAC Trump uses to pay lawyers is nearly $500K in the red and <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/04\/trump-pac-deep-in-debt-and-owes-lawyers-over-a-million\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">owes roughly $1.6M to 12 firms<\/a>. When will lawyers learn that he\u2019s never going to pay his bills\u2026 at least with money. Will Sam Alito retire to cheer on insurrections as a private citizen? If he does, Senate Republicans are ready to embrace the hypocrisy and <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/04\/the-senate-is-prepared-to-confirm-a-supreme-court-justice-and-ted-cruz-might-be-the-pick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ram through a replacement<\/a>. Could it be Ted Cruz?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Super Rich list has 37 firms clearing $1.45M RPL and $625K PPL thresholds after Am Law had to raise because last year\u2019s bar was too easy. Then Kirkland proved what super rich really means by dropping a guaranteed $80M over three years to snatch a star lawyer from Wachtell. 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