The right profile

As a follow-up to Keker, Van Nest & Peters urging powerful firms not to pay tribute to Trump, some less powerful people are making a statement:

I could not be prouder of this Georgetown University Law Center student group. They were invited to an exclusive recruiting event with Skadden and withdrew because of Skadden’s preemptive capitulation to the Trump regime. Alanna, Caleb, and Carly were all students of mine.

[image or embed]— Heidi Li Feldman (@heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy) March 31, 2025 at 8:06 AM

Hopefully this becomes more widespread. And if you’re the kind of person that is in need of four-figure-an-hour legal services for yourself or your company, ask a question — how likely is it that the firm whose response to Trump shaking them down is to fold like a $5 tent in a cyclone is going to give you the most vigorous representation?