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Biglaw Firms That Capitulated To Trump Reveal Deep Divide Between Corporate Lawyers And Litigators
There are fights between the litigators and the corporate lawyers are the big law firms who caved to trump
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Corporate lawyers in many of the top firms have more power when it comes to administrative decisions because they generate more revenue than most litigators. As a result, they may have played a bigger role in the decision to cooperate with the administration, leaving many litigators disgruntled to the point of looking for opportunities to leave the firm.
— Rebecca Roiphe(Opens in a new window), a legal ethics professor at New York Law School, in comments given to the American Lawyer(Opens in a new window), on the growing divide between corporate and litigation partners at the Biglaw firms that made pro bono payola deals(Opens in a new window) with the Trump administration. A D.C. Biglaw partner who spoke anonymously with Am Law seemed to agree with Roiphe, saying, “The corporate lawyers have been driving the [Trump deals], to the great displeasure of many, if not most or all, of the litigators.”
— Rebecca Roiphe(Opens in a new window), a legal ethics professor at New York Law School, in comments given to the American Lawyer(Opens in a new window), on the growing divide between corporate and litigation partners at the Biglaw firms that made pro bono payola deals(Opens in a new window) with the Trump administration. A D.C. Biglaw partner who spoke anonymously with Am Law seemed to agree with Roiphe, saying, “The corporate lawyers have been driving the [Trump deals], to the great displeasure of many, if not most or all, of the litigators.”