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Midlevel Associates Are Thankful To Work At Biglaw Firms That Decided To Fight Trump’s Executive Orders

Many midlevels are happy that their firms didn't capitulate to Trump.

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.

Thank you for fighting back against the executive order. I wish more firms would follow your lead.

A midlevel associate at WilmerHale, in comments given in response to the American Lawyer Midlevel Associates Survey, about how thankful they are about the firm’s decision fight Donald Trump’s executive orders — and win — rather than capitulate like the Notorious Nine. More notable and quotable responses can be found here.


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