80+ Skadden Alumni Protest Firm’s Deal with Trump
Yesterday morning, a group of alumni of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP sent a letter to Executive Partner Jeremy London protesting the deal the firm made last week with President Donald Trump. Expressing “profound disappointment and deep outrage,” the letter points to indoctrination of every Skadden employee to the legacy Joe Flom, a founding partner who championed diversity, hired the firm’s first female associate, and created the Skadden Fellowship Foundation, to provide attorneys to advocate for marginalized...