US EditionSan Francisco Lawyers Push Back On Trump's Law Firm Attacks
- In March 2025, the Trump administration's "loud, clear, and twofold" message and actions targeting law firms drew widespread condemnation, prompting responses from legal professionals and state officials.
- These actions, including Executive Order 14230 signed on March 6, which was entitled Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP, were viewed as intimidation tactics and attacks on the legal profession for opposing the administration.
- An open letter, eventually signed by 1,390 lawyers as of March 24, called on law firm leaders to push back against President Trump's actions, focusing on the administration's targeting of law firms.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined 20 other state attorneys general in an open letter urging the legal community to resist Trump's actions, stating that "the President seeks to bully and intimidate federal judges, attorneys, and law firms", while San Francisco firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP issued a statement calling the attacks on lawyers "inexcusable and despicable".
- Some firms, like Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, reportedly responded to pressure by agreeing to dedicate $40 million in free legal services to support Trump administration policies and disavow diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations in hiring and promotion.
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Dozens of junior associates from three Bay Area law offices have joined a nationwide petition urging their bosses to fight back against the Trump Administration’s claims that their diversity hiring programs may violate federal civil rights laws. So far, the partners of Morrison Foerster based in San Francisco, Cooley in Palo Alto and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, a British firm with a Redwood City office, have yet to speak up publicly. Their o…
SF law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters hits back at Trump administration’s attacks on lawyers
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A prominent San Francisco legal firm has hit out at President Donald Trump's efforts to sanction lawyers and law firms handling cases that oppose the administration. Keker, Van Nest & Peters issued a statement earlier this week slamming a White House memo issued on Saturday as "inexcusable and despicable." The memo is titled, "Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court." Among other things, it threatens "…
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