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Growing Discomfort at Law Firms Representing Trump in Election Lawsuits
Some lawyers at Jones Day and Porter Wright, which have filed suits about the 2020 vote, said they were worried about undermining the electoral system.
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Some lawyers at Jones Day and Porter Wright, which have filed suits about the 2020 vote, said they were worried about undermining the electoral system.
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The firm’s work for Mr. Trump has also garnered it unfavorable public attention. “Jones Day, Hands Off Our Ballots,” read a mural painted on the street outside the law firm’s San Francisco offices late last week. https://www.kqed.org/news/11846253/hands-off-our-ballots-declares-a-pop-up-mural-in-san-francisco
At Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, based in Columbus, Ohio, lawyers have held internal meetings to voice similar concerns about their firm’s election-related work for Trump and the Republican Party ... At least one lawyer quit in protest. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/business/jones-day-trump-election-lawsuits.html
The work has been lucrative. Since 2015, Jones Day has received more than $20 million in fees from the Trump campaigns, political groups linked to Mr. Trump and the Republican National Committee, according to federal records. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/business/jones-day-trump-election-lawsuits.html
A prominent Republican lawyer, John M. Gore, is helping to lead the effort at Jones Day. He previously served as an assistant attorney general in Mr. Trump’s Justice Department. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/business/jones-day-trump-election-lawsuits.html
Six Jones Day lawyers said that given the small number of late-arriving ballots involved in the litigation, and the fact that they already had been segregated, the main goal of the litigation seemed to be to erode public confidence in the election results. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/business/jones-day-trump-election-lawsuits.html
In recent days, two Jones Day lawyers said they had faced heckling from friends and others on social media about working at a firm that is supporting Mr. Trump’s efforts. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/business/jones-day-trump-election-lawsuits.html
A lawyer in Jones Day’s Washington office felt that the firm risked hurting itself by taking on work that undermined the rule of law. “To me, it seems extremely shortsighted,” the lawyer said. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/business/jones-day-trump-election-lawsuits.html
The outcry at Porter Wright, which like Jones Day was founded in the 1800s in Ohio, appears more intense. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/business/jones-day-trump-election-lawsuits.html
Chief among their concerns: How could lawyers, whose profession is based on the rule of law, represent someone who they felt had frequently tried to flout it?
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