Kamala
Harris
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by
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BERGER/AFP/Getty
Images)
The
big
day
is
finally
here:
Election
2024
will
decide
the
future
of
this
country
for
the
next
four
years
—
and
beyond
—
thanks
not
just
to
the
newly
elected
president’s
policies,
but
also
the
federal
judges
who
will
be
appointed
to
our
highest
courts
to
interpret
and
apply
our
laws
for
generations
to
come.
If
you
haven’t
voted
already,
please
make
sure
that
you
have
a
plan
to
vote
before
polls
close
today.
Should
Vice
President
Kamala
Harris,
the
Democratic
nominee
for
president,
win
the
race,
who
will
be
by
her
side
as
part
of
her
transition
team?
The
top
lawyer
in
this
race
will
of
course
be
lining
up
lawyers
to
advise
her
in
the
transfer
of
power,
and
her
deck
is
stacked
with
some
heavy
hitters
from
Jenner
&
Block,
Covington
&
Burling,
and
Hogan
Lovells.
The
National
Law
Journal
has
the
details:
Josh
Hsu,
who
joined
Jenner
&
Block
as
a
partner
this
March
after
serving
as
counsel
to
the
vice
president,
is
on
the
transition
team,
a
spokesperson
for
the
transition
team
confirmed.
Hsu
is
currently
on
leave
from
his
partnership
at
Jenner
&
Block.
…Jenner
&
Block
associate
Rachel
Palermo
is
also
on
leave
from
the
firm
and
a
member
on
Harris’
transition
team.
Prior
to
joining
Jenner
&
Block
in
December
2023,
Rachel
served
as
the
deputy
communications
director
and
associate
counsel
to
Vice
President
Kamala
Harris.
Erica
Songer,
who
works
in
Harris’
vice
presidential
office,
also
will
join
the
transition
team.
Songer
was
counsel
to
the
vice
president
and
a
deputy
assistant
to
the
president.
…Covington
partner
Dana
Remus
is
advising
the
transition
team.
Remus,
a
top
lawyer
for
the
Harris
campaign,
is
also
leading
the
campaign’s
legal
election
protection
programs.
She
joined
Covington
in
2022
after
serving
as
assistant
to
the
president
and
White
House
counsel
for
President
Joe
Biden.
Although
Harris
is
leaning
heavily
on
Biglaw
attorneys,
Yohannes
Abraham,
who
is
not
a
lawyer,
will
lead
the
transition
team.
He
most
recently
served
as
the
U.S.
Ambassador
to
the
Association
of
Southeast
Asian
Nations.
On
the
flip
side
of
the
coin,
Donald
Trump
has
shied
away
from
Biglaw
representation
on
his
transition
team,
choosing
instead
to
go
with
former
Small
Business
Administration
chief
Linda
McMahon;
Howard
Lutnick,
chairman
and
chief
executive
of
Cantor
Fitzgerald;
his
running
mate,
Senator
JD
Vance;
and
his
two
eldest
sons,
Eric
and
Donald
Trump
Jr.
Which
candidate
will
America
choose?
At
this
time,
we’re
not
sure,
but
we
think
we
know
which
one
the
legal
profession
at
large
seems
to
be
standing
behind.
Meet
the
Lawyers
on
Kamala
Harris’
Transition
Team
[National
Law
Journal]
Staci
Zaretsky is
a
senior
editor
at
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
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to
hear
from
you,
so
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