Apr. 3, 2025
Lawyer independence under direct attack: To resist or capitulate?
President Trump's executive orders against prominent law firms have sparked a crisis for legal independence, forcing attorneys to choose between capitulation and resistance as the profession's core principles hang in the balance.
On March 6, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) declaring that Perkins Coie LLP had engaged in "dishonest and dangerous activity" as "part of a pattern" in representing clients "to judicially overturn popular, necessary and democratically enacted election laws...." The EO went on to accuse Perkins Coie of "racial discrimination" against its own staff and noted that the Trump administrat...
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