Donald Trump’s Favorite Law Firm

By Paul Barrett, Bloomberg Businessweek

When prominent lawyers take top jobs at the White House or the U.S. Department of Justice, they often bring along several attorneys from their firms. With the Trump administration, one firm—Jones Day — is taking that to an extreme. “I don’t know of a precedent,” says Theodore Olson, a solicitor general in the George W. Bush administration and a partner in the Washington office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

So far, at least 14 Jones Day attorneys have joined the Trump team, although some are awaiting Senate confirmation.

Donald McGahn II, the White House counsel ...