{"id":156743,"date":"2026-07-14T10:24:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/14\/sullivan-cromwell-partner-who-handled-trump-case-confirmed-to-second-circuit\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:24:57","slug":"sullivan-cromwell-partner-who-handled-trump-case-confirmed-to-second-circuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/14\/sullivan-cromwell-partner-who-handled-trump-case-confirmed-to-second-circuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sullivan &amp; Cromwell Partner Who Handled Trump Case Confirmed to Second Circuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Up until his confirmation, Matthew Schwartz was <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/law\/legal-news\/~https:\/\/www.law.com\/nationallawjournal\/2026\/05\/20\/democratic-senators-press-2nd-circuit-nominee-on-his-legal-work-for-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>part of<\/u><\/a> Trump&#8217;s legal team urging a New York state appellate court to overturn the president&#8217;s conviction by a Manhattan jury in 2024.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/960408692\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/960408692\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/960408692\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" 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conviction by a Manhattan jury in 2024.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/960408692\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/960408692\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/960408692\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" 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