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Willkie Farr Partners Depart After Firm's Trump Deal
Willkie Farr Partners Depart After Firm’s Trump Deal
June 13, 2025 at 10:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 63 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2025/06/13/willkie-farr-partners-depart-after-firms-trump-deal/
“As many as seven partners are departing Willkie Farr & Gallagher, a prominent law firm that cut a deal with President Trump to head off a potentially crippling executive order, and are joining a firm that has helped successfully challenge one of Mr. Trump’s orders in court,“ the New York Times reports.
“The decision by the partners, who are leaving Willkie Farr to join the law firm Cooley, is the latest of several high profile departures of lawyers from firms that cut deals with the president.”