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22. Perkins Coie got a stay, but still lost clients.

Mon Mar 24, 2025, 03:40 AM

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Even though Perkins Coie obtained a temporary restraining order against the EO aimed at them, they are still a mortally wounded firm:

Perkins Coie, which is represented by attorneys from the law firm Williams & Connolly, says the order has already had an impact on its business. Longtime clients have ended their relationship with the firm, it says, and in at least one instance a federal prosecutor has refused to meet with Perkins Coie's attorneys representing a client.

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/g-s1-53422/judge-blocks-trump-law-firm

Karp saw what happened to Perkins Coie.

Karp is hoping his deal with Trump will pull his firm out of the death spiral a similar EO put Perkins Coie in. I'm sure he doesn't expect the deal to restore the firm to where it was. He's just trying to stop the bleeding. We'll see if it works. But he knows one thing from watching what happened to Perkins Coie: if you're a corporate firm, fighting an EO doesn't save you.

No business clients want to be represented by a firm on the wrong side of an authoritarian government. For big firms like Perkins Coie and Paul Weiss, their business clients are their lifeblood. If they lose their clients, they die.

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