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The Wikipedia page for the Paul, Weiss law firm has been edited to highlight their capitulation to Trump
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As part of a large retaliatory campaign in 2025 by Trump against law firms and attorneys who had represented his political opponents, along with the Perkins Coie firm, the Paul, Weiss firm was targeted by the Second Donald Trump administration.[37] Executive order 14237, signed on March 14, 2025, prohibited Paul, Weiss employees from entering government buildings, working for the government, or having security clearances, citing its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and the work of former partner Mark F. Pomerantz, who played a leading role in the investigation that ultimately led to Trump's conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York.[37][38] On March 19, Paul Weiss told a judge in a New Jersey case that it had been fired by a client because of the order.[38]
In contrast to the Perkins Coie firm that sued and obtained a temporary restraining order against the order, on March 20, 2025, the Paul, Weiss firm agreed that in exchange for the order against them being lifted, the firm would commit $40 million toward pro bono legal services in support of Trump administration goals; that they no longer would pursue diversity, equity, and inclusion policies; and they then issued a public statement that Pomerantz had committed wrongdoing.[39][40] Pomerantz, who had been a firm partner until 2022, released a statement saying that he had done nothing wrong in his role as a prosecutor.[38]
The move by Paul, Weiss was widely criticized[41] and seen as "humiliating" in the legal profession.[42] Journalist and legal commentator Mike Masnick described Paul, Weiss's actions as "In short, they caved. They folded like a cheap suit. They made it clear that Paul Weiss not only won't fight for its clients, it won't fight for itself."[43] Harvard Law School lecturer Deepak Gupta similarly asked, "Would you want to be represented by a law firm that can't even stand up for itself? A law firm that might sell you out to the federal government to save its own skin?"[44] Retired US Circuit Court of Appeals judge J. Michael Luttig (a Republican) wrote, "Paul Weiss chose to cower before the powerful and sell out its firm and the nation's legal profession to the President."[45]
Over 140 Paul, Weiss alumni wrote a letter saying, "During the first Trump administration, Paul, Weiss lawyers, including many of us, fought to protect civil and human rights with the firm's support...That is why it came as a shock to find the firm at the very forefront of capitulation to the Trump administration's bullying tactics."[46]
In contrast to the Perkins Coie firm that sued and obtained a temporary restraining order against the order, on March 20, 2025, the Paul, Weiss firm agreed that in exchange for the order against them being lifted, the firm would commit $40 million toward pro bono legal services in support of Trump administration goals; that they no longer would pursue diversity, equity, and inclusion policies; and they then issued a public statement that Pomerantz had committed wrongdoing.[39][40] Pomerantz, who had been a firm partner until 2022, released a statement saying that he had done nothing wrong in his role as a prosecutor.[38]
The move by Paul, Weiss was widely criticized[41] and seen as "humiliating" in the legal profession.[42] Journalist and legal commentator Mike Masnick described Paul, Weiss's actions as "In short, they caved. They folded like a cheap suit. They made it clear that Paul Weiss not only won't fight for its clients, it won't fight for itself."[43] Harvard Law School lecturer Deepak Gupta similarly asked, "Would you want to be represented by a law firm that can't even stand up for itself? A law firm that might sell you out to the federal government to save its own skin?"[44] Retired US Circuit Court of Appeals judge J. Michael Luttig (a Republican) wrote, "Paul Weiss chose to cower before the powerful and sell out its firm and the nation's legal profession to the President."[45]
Over 140 Paul, Weiss alumni wrote a letter saying, "During the first Trump administration, Paul, Weiss lawyers, including many of us, fought to protect civil and human rights with the firm's support...That is why it came as a shock to find the firm at the very forefront of capitulation to the Trump administration's bullying tactics."[46]