Meta’s WilmerHale Fees Fell to $48 Million Before Trump Row (1)

Meta Platforms Inc. disclosed in a securities filing that it paid about $48 million last year to Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, a prominent law firm now battling the Trump administration.

Meta disclosed how much it paid WilmerHale in 2024 because the firm’s senior international counsel, Robert Kimmitt, was named lead independent director in 2020 for the Mark Zuckerberg-led company. Meta and other US publicly traded companies often disclose professional relationships and transactions related to independent board members.

WilmerHale provided legal services to Meta last year that amounted to “approximately 3%” of the firm’s gross revenue, according to ...