{"id":29825,"date":"2025-04-04T10:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=press&p=29825"},"modified":"2025-04-22T11:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T15:05:39","slug":"80-skadden-alumni-protest-firms-deal-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ru\/press\/80-skadden-alumni-protest-firms-deal-with-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0411\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0435 80 \u0432\u044b\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432 Skadden \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0443\u044e\u0442 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0432 \u0441\u0434\u0435\u043b\u043a\u0438 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438 \u0441 \u0422\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043f\u043e\u043c"},"template":"","class_list":["post-29825","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"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 \u201cprofound disappointment and deep outrage,\u201d the letter points to indoctrination of every Skadden employee to the legacy Joe Flom, a founding partner who championed diversity, hired the firm\u2019s first female associate, and created the Skadden Fellowship Foundation, to provide attorneys to advocate for marginalized communities on issues such as immigration and racial justice.","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":"","related_issues":[149,2082,129],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7855}"],"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Yesterday morning, a group of alumni of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP sent a \u043f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e <\/a>to Executive Partner Jeremy London protesting the deal the firm made last week with President Donald Trump. Expressing \u201cprofound disappointment and deep outrage,\u201d the letter points to indoctrination of every Skadden employee to the legacy Joe Flom, a founding partner who championed diversity, hired the firm\u2019s first female associate, and created the Skadden Fellowship Foundation, to provide attorneys to advocate for marginalized communities on issues such as immigration and racial justice.\r\n\r\n\u201cAt a time when rule of law, freedom of speech, and the adversarial system collectively face existential threat, Skadden\u2019s agreement with President Trump emboldened him to further undermine our democracy,\u201d the letter says. \u201cIn light of Skadden\u2019s position, it is outrageous and self-interested that rather than fulfilling the legal profession\u2019s oath and standing in solidarity with fellow law firms that were fighting to uphold the Constitution, Skadden caved to bullying tactics instead.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe letter was signed by 83 firm alumni, including five former Skadden partners (three of whom provided their names) and multiple generations of law firm associates and counsels whose tenures date back as far as the 1970s. Thirty one of the signatories, out of concern for professional repercussions,\u00a0joined the letter anonymously, listed only by their terminal title at the firm and the years they worked there. The letter\u2019s signatories include three alumni\u2014Thomas Sipp, Brenna Frey, and Rachel Cohen--who recently quit in protest of the firm\u2019s failure to stand up for the rule of law. The letter calls for Skadden to \u201cclearly affirm the firm\u2019s commitment to reject the administration\u2019s attacks on the judiciary, the Constitution, and rule of law before it\u2019s too late.\u201d\r\n\r\n\"I am viscerally disappointed by the failures and cowardice of Skadden leadership, including many individuals who previously had my deep respect,\u201d said Rachel Cohen, former Skadden associate who resigned two weeks ago in protest of the firm failing to stand up for the rule of law<\/strong>. \u201cBut I am heartened and unsurprised by the number of Skadden staff, associates and alumni who are holding leadership accountable and fighting to save not just the firm's reputation, but the future of the American legal system itself.\u201d\r\n\r\nLast week, alumni of the firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP sent a letter<\/a> to Chairman Brad Karp protesting a similar deal the firm reached with President Trump. That letter continues to garner additional signatures from firm alumni (an updated version with 174 signatures can be found below). Elizabeth J. Grossman, an alum of Paul Weiss and the Executive Director of Common Cause Illinois <\/strong>helped organize that letter.\r\n\r\n\u201cThis letter from Skadden alumni is part of a growing movement of attorneys outraged that some of the nation\u2019s most prestigious and wealthiest law firms are buckling under pressure from the White House and turning their backs on the rule of law in this country,\u201d said Grossman.<\/strong> \u201cThe Trump White House is attacking judges, ignoring the Constitution, and bullying firms for representing anyone the administration disagrees with. The firms will tell you this was necessary for their bottom line. Don\u2019t believe them. This is cowardice, plain and simple.\u201d\r\n\r\nTo view the updated Skadden letter with 30 additional signatures (as of April 22, 2025), \u043a\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u0441\u044e\u0434\u0430<\/a>.\r\n\r\nTo read the updated Paul Weiss alumni letter with additional signatures, \u043a\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u0441\u044e\u0434\u0430<\/a>."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"\n80+ Skadden Alumni Protest Firm\u2019s Deal with Trump - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ru\/\u043d\u0430\u0436\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c\/80-skadden-alumni-protest-firms-deal-with-trump\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ru_RU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"80+ Skadden Alumni Protest Firm\u2019s Deal with Trump\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ru\/\u043d\u0430\u0436\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c\/80-skadden-alumni-protest-firms-deal-with-trump\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-22T15:05:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press\/80-skadden-alumni-protest-firms-deal-with-trump\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press\/80-skadden-alumni-protest-firms-deal-with-trump\/\",\"name\":\"80+ Skadden Alumni Protest Firm\u2019s Deal with Trump - 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