One of the two large US law firms targeted by President Donald Trump earlier this month, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, capitulated last week to the aspiring dictator with a toothless mea culpa pledging to modify its hiring practices and to provide pro bono legal services “that represent the full spectrum of political viewpoints.”
If we can’t count on corporate lawyers to have ethics, principles, and bravery, who can we count on?
Everyone else, I guess. I know a guy who sells frog legs and catfish and he would never do me wrong. If someone tried to fight me in front of his shed, he’d step in. Paul Weiss won’t fight for themselves, much less for you.
I want to vote for frog-legs-guy. Can we get him on a ballot somewhere? Or maybe appointed to the Supreme Court?
Today Jenner & Block, another large firm, got targeted.
Legal professionals must unite. This is an existential matter. Paul, Weiss disgracefully caved.
The weird thing is that the other firm targeted seems to have successfully appealed, while this was was just like “hey, why don’t we give you millions of dollar in free labor to rescind that”
