Big Law firms with ties to President-elect Donald Trump are positioning themselves to influence policy while those heavily tilted toward Democrats retool.
One notable player, Squire Patton Boggs, counts former Trump international economic adviser Everett Eissenstat and former defense secretary Mark Esper among recent hires. Partner Ed Newberry said he and Trump’s incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles exchanged texts just before the election.
“I would expect that I would work closely with her in the administration, particularly where we have clients supporting the administration’s objectives,” said Newberry, whom Wiles hired as a lobbyist decades ago when she worked for ...
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