Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft: Famed NY Law Firm Bleeding Employees as Trump Deal Backfires

Original reporting: Venerable New York Firm That Struck a Deal With Trump Is Losing Lawyers (Wall Street Journal)

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Source: The Daily Beast

Famed NY Law Firm Bleeding Employees as Trump Deal Backfires

Emell Derra Adolphus
News Reporter

Published 05.08.25 8:09PM EDT

A famed New York law firm’s $100-million pro bono deal with President Donald Trump is backfiring as employees jump ship in anger. The Wall Street Journal reported that lawyers are exiting Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in anger after the firm committed to providing free legal services in support of Trump. Cadwalader, NY’s oldest firm, made the deal to skate punitive damages made by Trump’s February flurry of executive orders targeting law firms that he were “weaponizing” the legal system against him. Cadwalader was also among three other firms—A&O Shearman, Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher—that claimed their independence has not been compromised despite deals with Trump, according to letters dated April 28, Reuters reported. However, Cadwalader’s exiting employees appear unconvinced. ...

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