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[T]here’s a high demand [for lawyers with Trump ties]. I even had somebody… who’s at a law firm tell me that he’s gotten more client work because of that, because of the perception that he’s really going to have good access into the administration and decision making going on right now.
— Justine Donahue, a D.C.-based recruiter at Macrae, in comments given to the American Lawyer, on the hot lateral market for former administration officials from Donald Trump’s first term, as Biglaw firms attempt to leverage their government experience in client pitches..
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