Defending Cops Accused of Wrongdoing and More: The Nine Law Firms Probably Didn't See This Coming

 The law-firm dealmakers with the Trump administration are hard-nosed lawyers. Daily they manage the legalities in some of the darkest of human behavior. But I have a hunch that when the nine law firms, ranging from Paul Weiss to Simpson, negotiated with the administration to do pro-bono assignments they didn't anticipate what those would play out to be. Now they know.

Bloomberg Law reports:

"President Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department on Monday to launch a program including free legal assistance from law firms to police officers accused of wrongdoing … Trump has also suggested he’ll tap the firms to work on trade issues stemming from his tariff war and in efforts to ramp up coal mining."

Much if not all of that is antithetical to the values of progressive law firms. There must be so much emotional distress. And that isn't only the nature of the tasks. It's the loss of autonomy. Previously the wealth, power and influence of those law firms equipped them to be "in charge." There was even some gallows humor that the leadership and star partners enjoyed the "divine right of kings." 

As a coach who guides human beings experiencing loss, be it of a job or of status, I have compassion for these nine law firms. 

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