Ranging from Seyfarth Shaw to Morgan Lewis, BigLaw firms have been fleeing association with the Trump Administration as well as its former official head Donald Trump.
But the trend isn't universal in BigLaw.
In Bloomberg Law, Chris Opfer points out that Jones Day seems to be staying put in its determination to represent Trump legal matters.
That probably dates back to the then-stunning legal news that Jones Day partner Don McGahn had parachuted in to represent the Make America Great campaign for the 2016 election. It continued into the second U.S. presidential campaign.
Along the way, McGahn headed legal affairs in the White House. About a dozen Jones Day lawyers followed him into federal government service. It was reported that McGahn coached Brett Kavanaugh how to present himself during the Senate confirmation hearings for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Eventually McGahn returned to being a Jones Day partner.
More recently, Jones Day didn't back off from representing Trump-related legal interests in the questions about the election in Pennsylvania. The Lincoln Project had made the issues high-profile.
Meanwhile, Jones day emerged with its business reputation intact when the plaintiffs withdrew from the infamous gender bias lawsuit "Tolton, et al. v. Jones Day." A court-ordered investigation turned up that Jones Day's compensation policies and procedures didn't indicate discrimination against females.
Can Jones Day continue this stance? The Trump Administration "Stink" has business wary of being perceived to be in the loop.
How all that shakes out as the Biden Administration takes shape is in the process of playing out right now. A major factor will be how clients and prospects assess the implications of a law firm being a Trump loyalist.
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