Most Big Law partners upset with President Donald Trump’s attacks on the profession have protested quietly or anonymously—except for these lawyers.
They come from firms including Goodwin Procter, Littler Mendelson, Winston & Strawn, and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft. Among 700 partners from the 200 largest law firms who signed an amicus brief fighting Trump’s order against Susman Godfrey, they are among the fewer than 15% doing so publicly.
“There is a point where silence is truly not an option,” said Eric Savage, a New York-based shareholder at Littler Mendelson who co-chairs the firm’s emerging companies and tech industry practice group. ...