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LetMyPeopleVote

(162,429 posts) Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:07 AM Tuesday

Big law firms who caved to trump are finding out that their pro bono service include defending rogue cops

The firms who caved to trump are finding out that they have agreed to defend rogue cops

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The litigators at these big firms do not normally do criminal defense work and defending rogue cops will not help the image of these firms

This is going to be fun to watch.

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Big law firms who caved to trump are finding out that their pro bono service include defending rogue cops (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday OP

White collar lawyers "back the blue" newdeal2 Tuesday #1

At least they won't do it very well. Ocelot II Tuesday #2

Stampede Metaphorical Tuesday #3

Don't know about current employees jumping ship - Ms. Toad Tuesday #6

Extortionists are gonna extort. SergeStorms Tuesday #4

That isn't the structure of the agreements for which details have been provided - Ms. Toad Tuesday #5

Attorneys for the despot/dictator's gestapo,... magicarpet Tuesday #7

If everyone resigns they can start a new firm cpamomfromtexas Tuesday #8

This executive order is sketchy LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #9

newdeal2

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1. White collar lawyers "back the blue"

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:13 AM

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Will be quite the sight.

Ocelot II

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2. At least they won't do it very well.

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:15 AM

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Metaphorical

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3. Stampede

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:19 AM

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I wonder how many junior partners in these firms are now shopping their resumes around. Everything Trump touches dies. Everything.

Ms. Toad

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6. Don't know about current employees jumping ship -

Reply to Metaphorical (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:29 AM

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But firms which capitulated are having trouble recruiting summer associates and new attorneys because of law student activism identifying which firms to avoid, and why.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J_bcoMqt46L05As7GN4ZqH4j6XKeI-Dm4ytJPRFtrwo/edit?gid=287708862#gid=287708862

SergeStorms

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4. Extortionists are gonna extort.

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:23 AM

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Once you give into them they'll just keep demanding more from you.

That's why you don't give in.

Ms. Toad

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5. That isn't the structure of the agreements for which details have been provided -

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:26 AM

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The agreements announced were to provide standard pro bono services, in line with what the law firms had already been providing. Not to provide free legal services which Trump could direct.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

They never should have capitulated - but any firm that was dumb enough to do that, without getting a written agreement detailing just what those pro bono services were isn't anyone I would trust with my personal legal needs.

magicarpet

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7. Attorneys for the despot/dictator's gestapo,...

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:37 AM

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..... will not be beneficial for any lawyer's resume.

cpamomfromtexas

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8. If everyone resigns they can start a new firm

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:53 AM

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LetMyPeopleVote

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9. This executive order is sketchy

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 03:30 PM

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We just gonna glaze over the Trump EO released tonight? Sec 2 says the Fed government will provide pro-bono legal defense for cops ‘unjustly prosecuted for acts on the job’ & Sec 4 says they will use ‘excess military & NSA assets to assist against crime’? Sounds kinda Nazi-esque?

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