Biglaw And GCs Join Forces And Speak Out Against Attempts To Suppress The Vote

It's time for America's business leaders to stand up and denounce actions like this.

Equal access to voting is a fundamental right in the United States. Making voting easier, not harder, for all eligible voters should be the goal of every elected official. Election laws that impose unnecessary obstacles and barriers on the right to vote and that disenfranchise underrepresented groups represent a significant step backwards for all Americans. Now, more than ever, courageous leadership is required from our elected officials. We, the undersigned law firm managing partners and corporate general counsel, denounce all efforts to restrict the constitutional right of every eligible American to vote and to participate in our democracy.

— a statement denouncing attempts to disenfranchise voters issued by Brad Karp, chair of Paul Weiss and chair of the Legal Action Center, that’s been signed on to and supported by the leaders of 62 Am Law 100 firms and 19 general counsel. “It is simply the right thing to do,” Lucy Fato, general counsel of AIG, said. “I don’t view it as a political issue. I view it as an American issue.” Fato rallied GCs at other companies to support the anti-voter suppression statement.


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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