Competing law firms tried to poach Paul Weiss clients and attorneys after President Donald Trump issued an executive order targeting the firm, its chairman, Brad Karp, said in an internal message Sunday.
Paul Weiss was hit with an executive order March 14 that directed federal agencies to scrap contracts with companies who were its clients. The firm made a deal with Trump to persuade him to withdraw the order—after, Karp said, other firms did not rally to its defense.
“Disappointingly, far from support, we learned that certain other firms were seeking to exploit our vulnerabilities by aggressively soliciting our clients ...