'For Trump?!' Leader of law firm that struck deal with president 'heckled' at big speech [View all]

Source: Raw Story

November 8, 2025 8:48PM ET


Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp was reportedly "heckled" during his speech at a New York Bar Foundation event on Friday, just seven months after striking a controversial deal with Donald Trump's administration.

Social media critics expressed outrage in March and accused a lawyer from the powerful law firm of "capitulating" to Trump. Trump withdrew an executive order that rescinded security clearances from the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison after Trump met with Karp, and they came to an agreement, with the firm pledging $40 million worth of pro bono legal services during Trump's presidency.

That outrage apparently hasn't died down, according to Law.com's reporting from a recent speech where there was protesting and heckling.

Quoting Karp as saying, "We were targeted by the current administration, in large part because of our lawyers high profile work on pro bono matters, we ultimately resolve that existential threat, and I'm proud to say that our pro bono work on critically important matters continues today," the outlet notes, "Karp's comments at the foundation's 75th anniversary event, however, did not go unchecked."

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