Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr is slowly but surely turning his boutique firm into a conservative powerhouse. After leaving Biglaw because it he thought it had become “too big, too woke,” Barr founded Torridon Law Group in late 2022, where he’s been catching big-name Republican litigators like Pokémon.
The latest lawyer he’s added to his roster is none other than Mike Pompeo, former CIA director and later secretary of state during Trump’s first term in the White House. Pompeo will serve as of counsel in his new role. Bloomberg Law has additional details on the rest of the ex-Trumpers employed at the firm:
The firm includes Pat Cipollone, former White House counsel under Trump, Fried Fielding, White House counsel under Presidents Ronald Reagan George W. Bush, and Patrick Philbin, a deputy counsel under Trump. The firm also recently brought on Mike Fragoso, chief counsel to former Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell as a partner and Dan Brouillette, Trump’s former energy secretary, to its strategic advisory arm.
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It’s a great time to have ties to the MAGA agenda, so we’re sure Bill Barr will have no problem when it comes to hiring even more right-wingers to serve the cause.
Mike Pompeo Joins Bill Barr-Founded Law Firm in Washington DC [Bloomberg Law]
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