Skadden Associate Resigns Over Big Law's Tepid Response to Trump Pressure

Major law firm bends the knee to Trump: Vows to drop DEI and commit to nonpolitical justice...

Trump made the lawyers say uncle.

A Third-Year Skadden Associate Is The Only Person In Biglaw Willing To Publicly Condemn Trump's Threat To The Rule Of Law - Above the Law

The Trump administration continues to openly target Biglaw firms for their representation of clients and causes adverse to the president’s political agenda. Three top firms — Covington & Burling, Perkins Coie, and Paul Weiss — have found themselves on the receiving end of Trump’s retaliatory executive orders, which strip attorneys of their security clearances, terminate the firms’ government contracts, and limit lawyers’ access to government bui…

A Skadden associate quits—and calls out Big Law for bowing to Trump

Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesAn associate at the Big Law firm Skadden has publicly resigned over her firm's inaction to Trump.Trump has targeted major law firms with executive orders, banning their access to government contracts.She asked Skadden to sign onto a brief supporting another firm that sued the Trump administration.An associate from the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has publicly handed in her resignation notice in resp…

Skadden Associate Resigns Over Big Law's Tepid Response to Trump Pressure

“This is not what I saw for my career or for my evening, but Paul Weiss’ decision to cave to the Trump administration on DEI, representation and staffing has forced my hand. We do not have time. It is now or it is never, and if it is never, I will not continue to work here,” Rachel Cohen wrote in a conditional notice letter she later posted online.

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One major law firm targeted by President Donald Trump's administration appears to have reached an agreement with the president to get out of his crosshairs. But some experts are alleging that the deal has ominous implications. The New York Times Michael A. Schmidt reported Thursday that the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (Paul Weiss) made several key commitments to the Trump administration after it was targeted in an execu…