Trump Deals Show Big Law Long Ago Chose Business Over Profession

April 3, 2025, 9:01 AM UTC

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column. I’m Roy Strom, and today we look at the cultural cost of law firms’ deals with the president. Sign up for Business & Practice, a free morning newsletter from Bloomberg Law.

My last column was proven wrong mere hours after publication. Big Law firms can’t negotiate their way out of President Donald Trump’s ire, I wrote on March 20.

Paul Weiss struck the first deal with Trump the same day. Three more of the country’s largest, wealthiest law firms, Skadden, Willkie, and Milbank have since followed that ...

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