{"id":158832,"date":"2026-07-29T13:43:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/29\/scs-bob-giuffra-put-his-name-on-the-trump-scotus-petition-he-was-going-to-stay-away-from\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:43:22","slug":"scs-bob-giuffra-put-his-name-on-the-trump-scotus-petition-he-was-going-to-stay-away-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/29\/scs-bob-giuffra-put-his-name-on-the-trump-scotus-petition-he-was-going-to-stay-away-from\/","title":{"rendered":"S&C\u2019s Bob Giuffra Put His Name On The Trump SCOTUS Petition He Was Going To Stay Away From"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month, we reported<\/a> on the Wall Street Journal\u2019s scoop that Sullivan & Cromwell had crossed Bob Giuffra\u2019s own self-drawn line and quietly waded into the E. Jean Carroll litigation, we now have the receipts in the most literal sense possible because Giuffra\u2019s name is on the petition itself.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Trump\u2019s legal team filed a petition<\/a> asking the Supreme Court to toss the $83.3 million defamation verdict Carroll won against him in 2024 \u2014 the second, larger of her two jury verdicts, and a different case entirely from the $5 million sexual abuse verdict SCOTUS already declined to touch back in June. The petition is signed by Giuffra and associate Maxwell F. Gottschall (as well as Michael Martinich-Sauter of the James Otis Law Group). Which is proof \u2014 on the docket \u2014 that S&C is well over the red line Giuffra assured his partners of when first taking Donald Trump on as a client (the Trump representation was reportedly supposed to be limited to the criminal appeal over the falsified business records conviction and his appeal of the civil fraud judgment). And it\u2019s not a great look.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

My goodness. There it is. The once-venerated white-shoe New York law firm of @sullcrom<\/a> is representing an adjudicated rapist in a case brought by the victim. <\/p>\n

I never thought I would live to see something like this. Wow. https:\/\/t.co\/n5lTpugdZS<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/XBlEsUj5H0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 George Conway \u2696\ufe0f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@gtconway3d) July 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

For a firm reportedly in the middle of a partner revolt over exactly this representation \u2014 gag orders and all<\/a> \u2014 putting the co-chair\u2019s signature on the filing is a strange way to lower the temperature. If anything, it settles the \u201chow involved is S&C, really\u201d question partners were reportedly stewing over, making it very clear and on the record. Remember, from jump S&C partners were uncomfortable<\/a> with representing Trump at all, and reportedly were assured that at least the firm wouldn\u2019t be involved in the sexual abuse and defamation cases brought by Carroll. And those assurances aged like whole milk in the sun.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be watching to see whether the Court even takes this one up\u2026 and to monitor how S&C\u2019s internal peace process fares.<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of\u00a0The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of\u00a0Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email\u00a0her<\/a>\u00a0with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post S&C\u2019s Bob Giuffra Put His Name On The Trump SCOTUS Petition He Was Going To Stay Away From<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBob Giuffra\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier this month, we reported<\/a> on the Wall Street Journal\u2019s scoop that Sullivan & Cromwell had crossed Bob Giuffra\u2019s own self-drawn line and quietly waded into the E. Jean Carroll litigation, we now have the receipts in the most literal sense possible because Giuffra\u2019s name is on the petition itself.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Trump\u2019s legal team filed a petition<\/a> asking the Supreme Court to toss the $83.3 million defamation verdict Carroll won against him in 2024 \u2014 the second, larger of her two jury verdicts, and a different case entirely from the $5 million sexual abuse verdict SCOTUS already declined to touch back in June. The petition is signed by Giuffra and associate Maxwell F. Gottschall (as well as Michael Martinich-Sauter of the James Otis Law Group). Which is proof \u2014 on the docket \u2014 that S&C is well over the red line Giuffra assured his partners of when first taking Donald Trump on as a client (the Trump representation was reportedly supposed to be limited to the criminal appeal over the falsified business records conviction and his appeal of the civil fraud judgment). And it\u2019s not a great look.<\/p>\n

For a firm reportedly in the middle of a partner revolt over exactly this representation \u2014 gag orders and all<\/a> \u2014 putting the co-chair\u2019s signature on the filing is a strange way to lower the temperature. If anything, it settles the \u201chow involved is S&C, really\u201d question partners were reportedly stewing over, making it very clear and on the record. Remember, from jump S&C partners were uncomfortable<\/a> with representing Trump at all, and reportedly were assured that at least the firm wouldn\u2019t be involved in the sexual abuse and defamation cases brought by Carroll. And those assurances aged like whole milk in the sun.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be watching to see whether the Court even takes this one up\u2026 and to monitor how S&C\u2019s internal peace process fares.<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of\u00a0The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of\u00a0Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email\u00a0her<\/a>\u00a0with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month, we reported on the Wall Street Journal\u2019s scoop that Sullivan & Cromwell had crossed Bob Giuffra\u2019s own self-drawn line and quietly waded into the E. Jean Carroll litigation, we now have the receipts in the most literal sense possible because Giuffra\u2019s name is on the petition itself. On Tuesday, Trump\u2019s legal team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":158792,"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-158832","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\/07\/IMG_5243-1-scaled-e1623338814705-620x568-dsB667.jpg?fit=620%2C568&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158832","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=158832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}