Who says some good, old-fashioned pressure doesn’t work?
Just a few days after a New York Times article blowing up Jones Day and Porter Wright over their election litigation representations, Porter Wright has decided to bow out of their representation of the Donald Trump campaign in the legal battle contesting the results of the election in Pennsylvania, saying:
Plaintiffs and Porter Wright have reached a mutual agreement that Plaintiffs will be best served if Porter Wright withdraws, and current co-counsel and such other counsel as Plaintiffs may choose to engage represent Plaintiffs in this case. Plaintiffs are in the process of retaining and causing other counsel to enter an appearance herein.
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This comes after a firestorm of controversy that saw Porter Wright, and other firm’s representing the president and/or his allies in election litigation like Jones Day, be accused of undermining American democracy. PACs like Lincoln Project and MeidasTouch are going after these big firms for trying to undo the free and fair election in courts, and though Porter Wright has not issued a statement on their withdrawal, it seems like it all got to be too much.
They aren’t the first Biglaw firm to ditch their election work — Snell & Wilmer also withdrew from election litigation (in Arizona). And it seems it was just in the nick of time, as MeidasTouch revealed they were ready to launch attack ads against Snell before they withdrew.
Giant firm Jones Day is still representing the Pennsylvania GOP in their election litigation. But I wouldn’t expect them to back out any time soon. Their response to the controversy thus far has been to double down on their representation.
Read the motion to withdraw below.
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