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First
it
was
Covington
&
Burling,
then
Perkins
Coie,
Paul
Weiss,
Jenner
&
Block,
and
WilmerHale.
These
are
the
Biglaw
firms
that
have
seen
Executive
Orders
aimed
at
them
for
the
grievous
insult
of
having
their
attorneys
take
cases
that
Donald
Trump
or
his
allies
just
don’t
like.
And
given
the
success
Trump
has
had
getting
some
firms
(Paul
Weiss
and
Skadden,
who
didn’t
even
face
an
EO)
to
do
his
bidding,
he
isn’t
likely
done
targeting
Biglaw.
And
the
folks
at
Willkie
Farr
think
they
know
who
is
next.
Them.
As
reported
by
the
American
Lawyer:
Sources
close
to
the
firm
say
Willkie
believes
it
is
one
of
the
next
likely
targets
of
the
Trump
administration’s
executive
order
blitz
on
Big
Law.
A
firm
representative
did
not
reply
to
multiple
requests
for
comment
regarding
the
matter.The
New
York
firm
has
“started
to
make
preparations”
and
take
necessary
steps,
said
one
of
the
sources,
declining
to
elaborate
on
those
steps.
And
the
why
of
it
makes
a
kind
of
sense
too
—
the
former
Second
Gentleman,
Doug
Emhoff,
is
a
partner
at
the
firm.
And
two
former
investigators
for
the
congressional
committee
on
the
January
6th
attack,
Tim
Heaphy
and
Soumya
Dayanada,
are
also
partners
at
the
firm.
Plus,
Willkie
represented
the
Georgia
poll
workers,
Ruby
Freeman
and
Shaye
Moss,
who
took
down
Rudy
Giuliani.
That’s
the
exact
kind
of
thing
a
president
bent
on
retaliation
would
target
on
his
revenge
tour.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of
The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of
Thinking
Like
A
Lawyer.
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