Ex-Justice Lawyer Says Firms Shouldn’t Shun Trump DOJ Appointees

Employers shouldn’t reject former Justice Department appointees just for working under President Donald Trump, said Richard Donoghue, one such designee who began a new Big Law job this week.

“Many of those people were career prosecutors before being appointed,” said Donoghue, a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in New York. “Law firms and others should be encouraging that type of experience and public service,” not “penalizing” those who go in and out of government.

Donoghue served as acting deputy attorney general during the final two months of Trump’s presidency. He resisted pressure to indulge Trump’s voter fraud accusations, according ...