Paul Weiss’s best defect from a company after surrendering to Donald Trump

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One of the most famous lawyers in New York Paul Weiss, just months after the law office surrendered to attacks by US President Donald Trump.

Damian Williams, a senior federal prosecutor in New York, joined Paul Weiss in January, moves to his rival Jenner & Block, who was also targeting the president but challenged the administration in the court – and won.

Williams said: “I have seen directly how this company treats the most difficult cases and lives in its values,” Williams said. “I am excited to join a team with an unusual depth of legal talent that is not ashamed of difficult battles.”

Williams will visit the New York Company legal The scene, which confirms the turmoil in the sector after the decision taken by nine law firing companies under pressure from the Trump administration earlier this year.

Companies collectively agreed to provide nearly one billion dollars in free legal services instead of fighting executive orders that would have imposed punitive restrictions on their work, and to suspend security permits and prohibit them from courts and other federal buildings.

Paul Weiss It was the first company to surrender and face an increasing migration of lawyers who could raise its business. Four senior lawyers, including Karen Den, left the lecture of companies that also served the campaigns of former democratic presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, last month to launch their own company.

A Paul Weiss spokesman said: “We thank Damian for his contributions and we want to be successful,” said Paul Weiss spokesman.

Williams was a prosecutor in securities fraud, as he increased in his ranks to lead the US Public Prosecutor’s Office in Manhattan, and is the most external focus of the US Department of Justice, which takes over the high risks of terrorism, general corruption and white crime cases.

Former President Joe Biden was nominated by the trials of the FTX Foundation, Sam Bangkan, and former American Senator Bob Minendes. Williams, who was the first black person to lead the office, began his legal career in Paul Weiss and had profound relations with some of the company’s partners.

He joins Jenner as a co -chair of the Department of Law Relax and Defense Investigations in New York. Tom Beryli, President of Jenner, said that Williams is commensurate with the company’s traditions of “employing former government employees and they are enthusiastic and effective advocates.”

In one of his first work after the White House re -excluding, Trump released a series of executive orders targeting law firms that were suspected to attack during his first administration and a lot of democratic relations. The orders suspended the security permits, and requested that government contracts be reviewed and sought to prevent their access to the buildings of the federal government.

In announcing the measures of Paul Weiss targeting in March, the president was killed by a lawsuit filed the company against the participants in the rebellion on January 6, 2021 in the American Capitol, in addition to the company’s former partner in Trump’s claims in Manhattan on charges of fraud.

In May, a judge canceled Trump’s executive order against Jenner, and announced that he was unconstitutional. Welterluel, Suzman Jodfrey and Birkins Koy also succeeded in challenging court.