The New York City-based firms have thus far conducted themselves cravenly and disgracefully. - ThreadSky

gtconway.bsky.social • 7 days ago

The New York City-based firms have thus far conducted themselves cravenly and disgracefully.

Latest law firm capitulation just dropped. $100 million in pro bono work for the Trump regime from Willkie Farr.

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With these Trump attacks on law firms, I think the focus is too much on these corrupt partners who are cowards & almost nothing on the clients. If you or your business is in need of an attorney, you shouldn't engage an attorney in a firm that doesn't make your legal needs their 1st priority.

berlynsky.bsky.social•7 days ago

Unbelievable.

annunciator.bsky.social•6 days ago

The New York Bar Association should be forcefully speaking out (and perhaps suspending memberships) about the fact that some of its most important members are caving to the anti-democratic forces in our country. If the nations leading law firms won't support the Constitution, we are lost.

bluzgy.bsky.social•6 days ago

I dont think so. But they certainly will be when it rolls back around. These guys are essentially betting that we're done with presidential elections.

marissayoung.bsky.social•6 days ago

Taxpayers are footing the bill for his lawsuits. What is going on here?

donbpa.bsky.social•6 days ago

The pussification of Amerika continues. Totally insane.

greymatterdet.bsky.social•7 days ago

I hate to say it, but… duh

travelingbruce.bsky.social•7 days ago

Bootlickers.

rlfolts.bsky.social•7 days ago

Shameful cowards!

kgb2.bsky.social•7 days ago

This reminds me of Ric Burns’ magisterial documentary “New York”: when the British sailed into New Amsterdam, the Dutch leader tried to rally the colonists to fight. They shrugged, accepted their new British overlords, and traded as before: New York was founded on the principle of making a buck.

welldonetruly.bsky.social•6 days ago

Can any of them work in The Hague? Just wonderin

rocknrollghost.bsky.social•6 days ago

Why are they doing pro bono work for the administration when there's a doj?

wneuhauser.bsky.social•6 days ago

BigLaw: Our first duty is to protect the wealth of the partners working in the firm.

seanpmcg.bsky.social•6 days ago

My guess is they just redirected their existing pro bono budgets to Trump’s bidding. And I bet the unspoken directive to associates will be that they can very aggressively bill their pro bono hours.

pagebarnes.bsky.social•6 days ago

Some day, their grandchildren will look back and be ashamed.

davidkleeman.bsky.social•6 days ago

Wee wonky Willkie...all through the town.

iglover.bsky.social•7 days ago

Effing bastards. May they rot in hell.

rachiedachie77.bsky.social•6 days ago

mamabam.bsky.social•6 days ago

Why are they doing this? What are they going to gain?

danbrissey.bsky.social•6 days ago

With their $100 million commitment, Wilkie, can reduce their taxable income by writing off filing fees, administrative expenses, and travel costs. They can also structure some expenses as charitable contributions if their pro bono clients are qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofits. Profits over principles.

mamabam.bsky.social•6 days ago

It's merely for profit? Are they also doing it because they are afraid of Trump hurting them somehow? I guess I'm wondering how all the EOs against law firms will hurt them. It's why this firm capitulated in advance. Could someone explain what damage the EOs could have on law firms?

allcaps-22.bsky.social•7 days ago

Latham is already in talks. So, the NYC firms will have company.

kilocharlie237.bsky.social•6 days ago

A Streetcar Named trump: "I have always counted on the CORRUPTION of strangers."

1fiercemalmy.bsky.social•6 days ago

Disgusting

manhasnoname.bsky.social•7 days ago

This is fucking INSANE.

guttersharp.bsky.social•6 days ago

So New York rats acting line New York rats…

dolphinsrule65.bsky.social•6 days ago

Simple, boycott and shame them

emkjr.bsky.social•6 days ago

Will Emhoff resign?

earthman666.bsky.social•6 days ago

I will also donate $100 million dollars (holds pinkie to lips) to donnie trump in pro bono work. I shoot targets and would be honored if he would be a target for my new M16. I promise I wont miss.

catswaller.bsky.social•7 days ago

Looks like the Trump admin expects to be running up some legal bills

drugdeveloper.bsky.social•6 days ago

Disgusting

ralphcarmichael.bsky.social•7 days ago

i would hate to be one of their pro-bono clients; shitty work for a shitty dictator

givemeabreak2024.bsky.social•6 days ago

I’ll bet 47 is saving their work for himself. He’s not going to help Giuliani, anyone from January 6, any new charges against proud boys. He cares about him and only him.

tomnemo.bsky.social•6 days ago

It's getting awfully crowded in Trump's pocket.
Front right pocket full of judges...
Left front pocket full of lawyers...
Back pockets full of shit...

charlesbcampbell.bsky.social•6 days ago

Is this capitulation or convenient cover?

johnhogge.bsky.social•6 days ago

The bar should punish them.

logicalpineapple.bsky.social•6 days ago

I never thought I would feel pity for law firm. Only in this bizzaro trumpian reality do I feel empathy for the blood suckers. But they are pitiful.

coachjcb.bsky.social•6 days ago

Cowards, absolutely disgusting not use these big firms

flyrod8.bsky.social•6 days ago

The only proper response should have been an all encompassing finger.

padayachey.bsky.social•6 days ago

Money has the potential to corrupt utterly, especially in those with weaker minds. Its influence can distort values and decisions, leading one astray.

pointnorth2c.bsky.social•6 days ago

https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/

robindescamp.bsky.social•6 days ago

Their LinkedIn page is still accepting comments!

momny.bsky.social•6 days ago

How long does it take to bill 100m?
Can 47 even keep track of this billing or rep.? Just a mom asking

brklynmind.bsky.social•7 days ago

potential clients should remember this -
A Firm that is afraid to litigate a winning case on its OWN behalf cant be trusted to exercise fear free judgement when evaluating litigation on behalf of a client.

marcella4633.bsky.social•6 days ago

All about Money not Decency!

tonyhig67.bsky.social•7 days ago

He is going to break these cowardly firms and weaponize them against the ones that do not capitulate. This is disgraceful conduct.

lisamarianyc.cloud•6 days ago

Can they be shamed?

summerandjen.bsky.social•6 days ago

It's shameful and repulsive. Such cowards.

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy: - MLK

They failed that miserably.

cayzzer.bsky.social•6 days ago

They’re disgusting.

motorious.bsky.social•7 days ago

For the life of me, I can't come up with any sort of bono there'd be for them to work on.

mtdeb.bsky.social•7 days ago

Jeez. What cowards.

pfsdoglover.bsky.social•6 days ago

What is in the water in NY? Law firms, Wall Street, democrats (Schumer, Jeffries, Hochul, Adams, etc.). They all think they are tough and liberal - what a sad joke.

angry12.bsky.social•6 days ago

This infuriates me

mg321.bsky.social•6 days ago

Is the admin threatening their families? Or are they truly that spineless?

mg321.bsky.social•6 days ago

WTF??!!!!!!!

lecohonah1.bsky.social•6 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/lecohonah1.bsky.social/post/3llsmix2u222c

jejspeak.bsky.social•6 days ago

WOW...what a shitty cowardly country you've become..

nevergonnakneel.bsky.social•6 days ago

Trump will go away one day. This shame won’t.

sheilajm.bsky.social•6 days ago

He's gonna need more than that!

kirkcolvin.bsky.social•7 days ago

iamfatliketrump.bsky.social•6 days ago

100million, fuck how much do these fuckers make. Trump’s dick is never going to be dry!

homewatch.bsky.social•6 days ago

Shameful craven cowardice

mark-memes-well.bsky.social•6 days ago

If a law firm cannot defend themselves, how can I expect them to defend me?

heidrunmead.bsky.social•6 days ago

If we get through this period & manage to restore democracy, I hope people remember this & that it will be the death of the careers of all of these lawyers who capitulated.

cdstewart.bsky.social•7 days ago

God, have they no honor?

gabegentry.bsky.social•6 days ago

I hope they lose enough clients over this that they have to close their doors.

planetabsurdia.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’ll be $200 m for the next firm. They are learning nothing.

crfjohn450.bsky.social•6 days ago

Are they in the epstien files?

ravenmachado.bsky.social•6 days ago

Why? WTF! tRumps got dirt on them… this makes no sense.

beegutjahr.bsky.social•6 days ago

Make absolutely no mistake - all these lawyers would be justifying gas chambers in 1941.

pham60.bsky.social•6 days ago

They don’t want to lose their summer homes in the Hamptons.

freegirl12.bsky.social•6 days ago

They are on Epstein’s list, that’s how dUmpy is getting them to bend over and why they haven’t released the documents.

zencaster.bsky.social•6 days ago

These Vichy lawyers are living vindications of every lawyer joke ever told. Sigh

nikkig123.bsky.social•6 days ago

🇨🇦 Hungary, Russia, North Korea, Belarus, USA, ......

marl5.bsky.social•6 days ago

40 million 1st, now 100 million - yeah - don't see an end to the blackmail here

mattjlawlor.bsky.social•6 days ago

Embarrassing and shameful.

abunchofmalarkey.bsky.social•7 days ago

So we were expecting something courageous from powerful lawyers & their firms, then?

Why?

msmwwood.bsky.social•6 days ago

All the attorneys working for these firms who are appalled and disgusted should get together and create their own firm....and then demolish the collaborators.

dblapins.bsky.social•6 days ago

How much pro bono work does he need ? He has what 600 million or more in fee’s.

votevaxresist.bsky.social•6 days ago

Can someone, anyone, report on WHY they are doing this?

hamcef.bsky.social•6 days ago

To quote Jane Curtis, “Poor Mr. Lubner; he was born without a spine”.

imatq.bsky.social•6 days ago

Makes me sick

alaniberg.bsky.social•7 days ago

🤮

thecentertrail.bsky.social•7 days ago

After this is over, these firms need to go bankrupt from lack of clients..because we remember they bent the knee to a wanna be strong man.

tacitus1.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s about money and only money for the Manhattan firms.

davidq-the-guru.bsky.social•6 days ago

Pathetic.

cedar19.bsky.social•6 days ago

Couple of questions:
1. Seems like the cavers have high-volume M&A practices relative to the others (lots of PE clients). How much of this do we think is client fear of anti-trust approval being held up?
2. Have any high profile partners at these firms spoken up (e.g., Loretta Lynch, Jeh Johnson)?

sooradar.bsky.social•6 days ago

Why would you trust your business to a law firm that just rolls over and refuses to fight for itself.

jer6.bsky.social•6 days ago

What are these firms doing?

hardciderblues.bsky.social•6 days ago

These firms have confirmed the demise of the legal profession. When they refuse to defend themselves, do you really believe they will defend anyone else to the best of their abilities? And what the hell are those abilities to begin with?

pcollirigger.bsky.social•6 days ago

Any chance these "involuntary pro bono" commitments could be political contributions?

prehistoricseth.bsky.social•7 days ago

Makes you wonder if their big clients are Trumpists.

justquisquilia.bsky.social•6 days ago

Same here.
Keine rechtswidrige Sauerei, wo unsere Rechtsanwälte nicht mitmachen, damit korrupte Richter sie weiter Prozesse gewinnen lassen.
Ich habe das geahnt, wie ich Jus studiert habe. Sie haben sich nicht die begabtesten Studenten herausgepickt, sondern die willigsten. #Systemerhalt

bikefiddler.bsky.social•7 days ago

Mother fuckers.

djw1974.bsky.social•6 days ago

Cowards all.

cliff-d-w.bsky.social•7 days ago

Profiles in Cowardice 🐔

ccope.bsky.social•6 days ago

Why do trump & co. need so many lawyers pro bono? Is he expecting to be sued for treason?
Anyway, it is to be hoped, and it's not a vain hope, that he and his regime will not last long enough for them to need their services. But the stain will forever be on them, regardless.

rtweddle.bsky.social•6 days ago

Before long, there won’t be any law firms that will take up any cases against Trump. This is what he’s looking for. These law firms need to stand up to him and stand up for the rule of law. What in heaven’s name did they go to law school for?

rx7lover.bsky.social•6 days ago

It's not called pro bono anymore, it's called pro bonehead!

bearlooms.bsky.social•7 days ago

One can only hope that these capulating firms have decided that, at the very least, they won't do a good job for those folks and only, within the law, perform the bare minimum.

westvillagecrank.bsky.social•7 days ago

Craven and Disgraceful is a noted White Shoe firm at 28 5th Ave.

mrsfanster.bsky.social•7 days ago

Disgraceful

litlnemo.slumberland.org•7 days ago

"Proactively reached out to President Trump" ...

Cowards. Collaborators.

gibber35.bsky.social•7 days ago

someone explain to my why they would do this??

30grbp.bsky.social•6 days ago

How is it that a RICO prosecution is not being considered with regard to the protection racket being worked right now on the big law firms???

30grbp.bsky.social•6 days ago

How is it that a RICO prosecution is not being considered with regard to the protection racket being worked right now on the big law firms in D.C.???

30grbp.bsky.social•6 days ago

How is it that no one is considering a RICO prosecution with regard to the protection racket being perpetrated on the big law firms in D.C.?

theexuberantraptor.bsky.social•7 days ago

Not everyone will bend the knee. Not everyone will cower in front of tyrant and dictators. Some people will stand up and punch a Nazi in the face.

Be the one that wants to punch a Nazi. There is no higher form of patriotism.

sutherla.bsky.social•7 days ago

I thought all legal work for Trump was pro bono, since he never pays😁😂🤣

patricialovesbooks.bsky.social•6 days ago

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

kmhutch.bsky.social•7 days ago

Disgusting.

cheetospeaks.bsky.social•6 days ago

LOL at Willkie and the Litigation page of their website, which refers to their “fearlessness.”

New firm name: Willkie Fellatio

pdxeagle.bsky.social•6 days ago

More terrifying than the extortion is to think about what specific cases these capitulating lawyers will be forced to work on; we all know the cruelty is the point.

chiprogressive.bsky.social•7 days ago

Didn’t even wait for the EO, unless I missed something.

morrisstar.bsky.social•7 days ago

Meantime, the Wisconsin race is between the American people (Crawford) versus the corrupt billionaires (E l o n). Vote for Crawford!

mdctriallawyer.bsky.social•6 days ago

Again, what do you expect from mega firm that "operate like a business" and forget that it's a profession? They whore themselves out to the highest hourly bidder, justice be damned. They screw over their associates. And when they do more awful things we are supposed to be surprised?

ahuman1st.bsky.social•6 days ago

What is he selling that it’s convincing these law firms?

Seriously!???

terrifiedstill2024.bsky.social•6 days ago

Fuck

fightlies.bsky.social•6 days ago

Somebody should file ethics complaints against the firms that are giving those pro-bono agreements to Trump personally and politically in exchange for him desisting his official adverse act (his EO). Those are bribes.

Bribes are conduct unbecoming an attorney under the ethics rules.

kristyk76.bsky.social•6 days ago

They need to be disbarred

mmmoore50.bsky.social•6 days ago

Maybe they broke their kneecaps. 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🙄

kipanswede.bsky.social•7 days ago

USA 2025. Land of the weak and home of the spineless. Just as expected after the pattern of impotence demonstrated the last ten years. Shithole country populated by shithole citizens.

thisisjoylps.bsky.social•7 days ago

Ugh

ospryfly.bsky.social•6 days ago

I have a question. My question is this, how can a client feel secure that these firms will respect attorney client privilege if they are representing a client the orange one doesn't like or has some grudge against? Anyone?

biggles25.bsky.social•6 days ago

Who will be left for pro bono on behalf of We The People?

pettit.bsky.social•6 days ago

My sincere hope is that every weak and cowardly business that eagerly rolls over for Trump and exposes its soft white underbelly without so much as an iota of pushback is forced into bankruptcy. They all have "reasons" for capitulating, but it comes down to valuing profit over people.

Fuck 'em all.

brettguidry.bsky.social•7 days ago

"The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture. The rich are in general slaves to fear, and submit to courtly power with the trembling duplicity of a spaniel." Thomas Paine in Common Sense

jerryshaver.bsky.social•7 days ago

West Coast firms, including the one my wife works for, aren't capitulating.

cathie67.bsky.social•7 days ago

This is disgusting

afrowe.bsky.social•7 days ago

Why can’t they band together and support each other? I don’t get it?

isonope.bsky.social•6 days ago

Vomitous

redcapp.bsky.social•6 days ago

Cowards

buddhaclauser.bsky.social•6 days ago

Doesn’t this void their oaths of office?

heytommy.bsky.social•6 days ago

Pathetic‼️

queryberry.bsky.social•6 days ago

Money before morality. Columbia and my former law firm had already prostrated themselves before a tyrant. Willkie just couldn't help cutting and pasting Skadden's craven concessions. I'm so disgusted.

michaleenoge.bsky.social•6 days ago

Law firms showing a lack of character -- imagine that.
(Sorry, George)

gtetonbeautiful.bsky.social•6 days ago

semireflection.bsky.social•6 days ago

Elon Reeve Musk:

semireflection.bsky.social•6 days ago

And they’re officers of the court.

semireflection.bsky.social•6 days ago

wtf

robert4772.bsky.social•7 days ago

It really is disheartening watching this happen

itsallgreektome.bsky.social•6 days ago

It's not just bending the knee but actively litigating on behalf of Mango Mussolini. Just disgusting.

noanie2024.bsky.social•7 days ago

Dusgusting

noanie2024.bsky.social•6 days ago

Oops typo, Disgusting!!

archie-doodle.bsky.social•7 days ago

Yay Wilmer Hale! Boston 👊🏻 🇺🇸 🔥

joshdsw.bsky.social•6 days ago

Just how much DT "pro bono" work is there to go around. Suppose Proud Boys may need services for their additional criminal prosecutions, but Big Law firms don't have criminal law as a practice area. I suppose its a DT fever dream to have Big Law represent bogus amici in his Sup Ct challenges.

heragirl.bsky.social•7 days ago

Disgusting. I hope they go bankrupt

elmjoe17.bsky.social•6 days ago

It's lawyers, no surprise. You KNOW I'm right George. Money is the GOD.

motown.bsky.social•7 days ago

RIP

roninresearch.bsky.social•6 days ago

Do you think that's because of their shared culture or because of similar feeling of dependence on certain types of cases?

drdemocracy.bsky.social•6 days ago

Obviously, all they care about is money 💰, and fuck the Constitution and the country.

joanniespeaks.bsky.social•6 days ago

Shameless capitulation.

bigborefan.bsky.social•6 days ago

Isn't this what Tony Soprano and his crew do? Isn't this just a mafia shakedown?

planetabsurdia.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yes, and it’s probably going to be more than one shake-down per firm.

mellovibes.bsky.social•6 days ago

Why on earth are all these law firms bending over?! I don’t get it!!!

ravenmachado.bsky.social•6 days ago

Some are standing their ground. This is crazy though!

bonnjny.bsky.social•6 days ago

Horrible.

njcanadian.bsky.social•7 days ago

Holy shit!

okekai.bsky.social•6 days ago

Another bribe. Obviously Bondi will not act so who would has standing to take action. Letitia James?

sunnyhippies.bsky.social•6 days ago

Cory Booker passes the 24 hour mark, he is still going.

Live Now

https://youtube.com/live/uU3c0GBunh0

axelfish.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s a disgrace by the law firms for sure. It’s also extortion by tRump.

wtfpolitics1.bsky.social•6 days ago

This is just another grift

waybeyondsoccermom.bsky.social•6 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/murshedz.bsky.social/post/3llrsap2xh225

jdc9.bsky.social•6 days ago

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall… “ said someone who knew this moment would come.
The sound of the Trump regime collapse will be the sound of justice reverberating around the world.

jusnews.bsky.social•7 days ago

flamekurve.bsky.social•6 days ago

😢

lordpet.bsky.social•6 days ago

Trump can’t get good lawyers to work for him otherwise so this is how they do it.

rainsend.bsky.social•6 days ago

If they won't fight to uphold law for themselves, how could any potential client believe they wouldn't just fold on them as well.

bluefairyva.bsky.social•6 days ago

What the actual fuck! Wow. Gobsmacked. Someone make it make sense.

sybilltrelawney.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s gross extortion on Trump’s part, but these firms should know this is not the end of the extortion, just the beginning.

slowhand1971.bsky.social•6 days ago

maybe these firms are just big and not very good?
$100M in bad lawyering for trump and his administration?
Perchance to dream.

smarternow.bsky.social•6 days ago

Pro bono seems ok in the cases described; sorry if I see it wrong George. These firms should already be doing that.

huskymum.bsky.social•6 days ago

Despicable

mom2girl.bsky.social•7 days ago

They are a bunch of greedy lawyers

graciesbiatch.bsky.social•6 days ago

What pisses me off is the little guy is gonna end up saving the big guy….screw them all, grow some balls!

esperanza-o-reilly.bsky.social•6 days ago

What are they gearing up for, why do they want all the pro bono legal aid?

foxiolos.bsky.social•7 days ago

What the fuck is going on. Why would they? Please give your opinion on this.

katzilla01.bsky.social•6 days ago

Bolsters my believe that you can't trust a damned lawyer! There are notable exceptions like Marc Elias, and others but such craven crawling makes me sick!

emilycroybarker.bsky.social•7 days ago

I have a theory that NYC elites believe on some level that they are insulated from Trump’s totalitarianism. So their tendency is try to continue with business as usual. Cf. NYT, Chuck Schumer.

blueshamshir.bsky.social•6 days ago

This IS weaponization of the justice system! WTF!! This MF is destroying our justice system!

cuzcaroline.bsky.social•6 days ago

The Great Grovel indeed.

dood78.bsky.social•6 days ago

Of course, it’s all about the money with these rich a-holes. A bunch of chicken-shlt capitulations. I would never hire attorneys who are too scared to fight for themselves

andyo.bsky.social•6 days ago

Pampered people tend not to be warriors.

lizg60.bsky.social•6 days ago

Idiots

curmudge1.bsky.social•7 days ago

They just think it's just more Mafia extortion. Which it is!

nancyspantsbelt.bsky.social•6 days ago

No rule of law for us then none for them historically! I don't understand why everyone is bowing down when it historically ends badly for everyone!🙃🙃🙃

patricialovesbooks.bsky.social•6 days ago

Exactly!

okcorral1.bsky.social•7 days ago

These firms kissing the ring will no longer be respected and in the long term will loose much business. The firms that stand up to mini Hitler will go down on the right side of history .

njkid.bsky.social•6 days ago

There's fake it till you make it and then there's fake it cuz you can't take it.

zanegray.bsky.social•6 days ago

I thought extortion was illegal? That's all this is a money grab and make sure they know who's the boss. It would be a shame if my DOJ came after you. They are going to commit so many crimes they all will have to stay in power forever. Otherwise it's prison time for them. They won't go peacefully!

psgoddard.bsky.social•7 days ago

So Trump is Penalizing these Big Law Firms because he believes they are ALL really BAD Lawyers. YET...he wants to HIRE them to work for the TRUMP Regime! That makes NO logical sense. They're his enemy - but he Trusts them.

harnessleads.bsky.social•6 days ago

Maybe they're not his enemy? I wonder how these (wealthy) heads of firms voted or donated $$ in the election?

psgoddard.bsky.social•6 days ago

True. But in a Law Firm, Billings are everything. Why be so willing to Give Away millions of $$ of FREE Legal Services to Millionaires & Billionaires? The Firm still has to make a big payroll.

bluzgy.bsky.social•6 days ago

Fkn pussies.

dog-the-wag.bsky.social•6 days ago

New York is supposed be known for its “toughness,” yet the lawyers and politicians from there seem to be suffering from the same spine eating virus as the GOP congress.

kali8989.bsky.social•6 days ago

law firms that make deals with the devil should SHUT DOWN IN SHAME..

they are TRAITORS to the legal profession and to American and democratic values...

federalunderground.bsky.social•7 days ago

Fucking disgusting, we will never forget those who bowed.

grantwood.doowtnarg.com•6 days ago

There is absolutely more to these stories. Journalists need to be talking to partners at these firms to find out how it happened. Would anyone be surprised if Russia used compromat on sr. partners and high profile clients to force capitulation to destroy the rule of law in the US? It's Putin's dream

bigbux.bsky.social•7 days ago

Why?

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