Milbank’s Katyal Slashes Rate 90% to Fight Trump Sanctuary Suit

Milbank will charge $300 per hour for attorney work it does representing New Jersey “sanctuary cities” in a lawsuit brought by the Trump administration, according to a resolution by one of the cities.

The terms approved by the Hoboken, N.J. City Council show that Neal Katyal, acting solicitor general during the Obama administration, and other Milbank lawyers who normally charge more than $1,000 will take the reduced fee. Hoboken’s part of the fee is $150 per hour, and the firm pledged to cap the city’s total expenses at $25,000.

In the law firm’s proposal for services, Katyal ...