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Biden Wins -- When It Comes To Six-Figure Donations From Biglaw's Leaders

Which partners helped Biden with huge cash donations?

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From doing away with their COVID-19 austerity measures to offering up appreciation bonuses to associates during the pandemic, Biglaw’s leaders have been doing a lot with their wallets lately — and now they’re voting with them, too.

We already knew that some firms “despise” President Donald Trump — even the one that takes most of his money in legal fees. But now we know that despite his plan to tax their hefty profits, managing partners and chairs from some of Biglaw’s most prestigious firms are showing their six-figure support to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

Which Biglaw leaders have contributed at least $100K to Biden’s campaign?

The American Lawyer has the details on this extravagant giving during Election 2020:

Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp, Cravath presiding partner Faiza Saeed, DLA co-managing partner Richard Chesley and O’Melveny chair Brad Butwin join a slew of other names from the Am Law 200, the plaintiffs bar and the legal departments of A-list companies in each bundling at least $100,000 for the Democratic nominee.

Other leaders from Big Law include Buckley managing partner Ben Klubes, Wiley Rein managing partner Peter Shields and Cozen O’Connor chairman Steve Cozen.

But that’s not all. Some very prominent partners donated six-figure sums to the former Veep as well, like Sally Yates, the former U.S. deputy attorney general, who’s now a King & Spalding partner (although the firm seems to be working against her when it comes to doing Trump’s election bidding), and Leo Strine Jr., the former Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice, who now serves as of counsel at Wachtell.

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Some in-house leaders also made the $100K list, with Amazon GC David Zapolsky and Uber CLO Tony West donating top dollars to Biden, too.

We know who the country’s foremost legal minds stand with, but will the rest of America agree? Stay tuned as we wait for the winner of the 2020 election.

Biden Taps Big Law for Fundraising Haul [American Lawyer]

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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