A spokesman for CBS News said, after CBS News left, after CBS News left, after CBS News left, after CBS News left, after CBS News left, after CBS News left that four partners in Paul Weiss-in that prominent Democratic lawyer Karen Dan-they leave the law firm. Paul Weiss drew attention To distribute a deal with President Trump to avoid targeting the federal government.
In addition to Dunn, Bill Isaacson, Jessica Phillips, and Jannie Rhee, it leaves the 150 -year -old.
“On behalf of the company, Paul Weiss is grateful to Bill, Jenny, Jessica and Karen for their many contributions. We wish them success in all their future endeavors,” the spokesman said.
It is not clear whether the four lawyers leave Paul Weiss are linked to the company’s agreement with Mr. Trump.
Den, the presidency of the Ladies Administration Paul Weiss, participated, where she is famous for representing high -ranking agents such as Apple and Google. It is also known for its ancient role in democratic politics, and it has Help lead preparations for discussion Democratic candidates for more than a decade – including the previous one Vice President Kamala Harris Last year, the New York Times reported.
Rhee – who held the position of administrative partner of Paul Weiss office in Washington, DC – I worked previously In the private lawyer, Robert Muller, the investigation into the potential Russian intervention in the 2016 elections. ISAACSOSON and Phillips served as litigants in the company, according to BIOS on Paul Weiss.
CBS News contacted the four leaving lawyers to comment.
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Earlier this year, Mr. Trump Targeted Paul Weiss, with executive, is severely limited to how the company interacts with the government, and is seeking to cancel employee security permits and cut any federal contracts. This step was part of a broader maneuver to punish the president’s opponents in the legal society, which he claims to “play a major role in undermining the judicial process and in destroying the American principles of the Americans.”
He criticized President Paul Weiss’s executive order for his employment Mark Boomienez, who previously worked on the Public Prosecutors team in Manhattan who achieved Mr. Trump. It also took the goal of the company – and Rhee – Take a free case Including Capitol riots on January 6, criticized Paul Weiss’s policies and the diversity of stocks and inclusion.
But this was later canceled by Mr. Trump, who He said Paul Weiss agreed to a set of concessions, such as auditing practices and devoting $ 40 million for free legal services for the reasons agreed to the company and Trump administration.
The clear deal between President and Paul Weiss – along with similar deals concluded by other law firms that Mr. Trump threatened – Controversial In the legal society.
Some other law firms They chose to prosecute The administration, on the pretext that the orders were unconstitutional. The judges have dropped the orders of Mr. Trump against companies Perkins Koy and Jenner & Block – With a federal judge on Friday, he says that Mr. Trump Jenner and a unconstitutional block was like the “metro” in some points.
Yaqoub Rosen contributed to this report.
