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The Impact of the Trump Administration's Executive Orders on Law Firm Recruiting
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The Trump Administration’s executive orders aimed at various law firms has resulted in the most significant issue that the country’s leading law firms have faced in recent memory. Some pundits in the mainstream media have even predicted the demise of the firms that settled with the Administration. In this episode of Steve’s Rules, Steve and his McCormick Group colleague Dave Ris provide some insights on the impact of these orders and the law firm responses, with a particular focus on lateral partner hiring. Subscribe
Key topics covered in this episode:
- Immediate impact on law school, associate and partner recruiting.
- Which litigators might be affected
- How corporate clients might react
- Impact on the DC offices of the Wall Street and other elite firms that have settled
- Possible chasm between “transactional” and “litigation” firms
- How this may impact Government Relations practices in DC
*Discussed in the podcast is Microsoft’s decision to drop one of the settling firms in shareholder litigation in Delaware. https://www.reuters.com/business/microsoft-swaps-law-firms-shareholder-case-hiring-trump-adversary-2025-05-01/
*In the conclusion, Steve attributed a Bette Davis quote to the movie “It Happened One Night.” In reality, it was from “All About Eve.”
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