(3) Certainly, I don't like public message that is sent by big firms agreeing to deals with Trump. (4) I think the biggest problem is that big firms with clients that have to deal with gov't will be reluctant to take on cases adverse to Trump b/c of the threat of retaliation against those clients.
(2) I also doubt that despite what a firm like Kirkland says, their DEI practices actually change that much (they may not have been that robust in practice before anyway). I'm also guessing that the amount of pro bono work performed by these firms (mostly younger associates) is a bit overstated.
Michigan Law grad. Formerly in Big Law. I'm guessing "deals" struck between firms & Trump are somewhat about appearance/appealing to his ego/pushing ball down road to avoid retaliation. A firm can pledge whatever "pro bono" hours to Trump but it still needs to find actual firm attys to do work.
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