Perkins Coie Fires Attorney Over Social Media Post on Kirk Shooting

Perkins Coie fired a lawyer for a social media post appearing to criticize conservative activist Charlie Kirk after his killing.

“We are aware of the comments posted on social media by a former Perkins Coie employee in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death,” a Perkins Coie spokesman said. “These comments do not reflect the views of our firm, and the individual’s conduct in posting them fell far short of the expectations we have of everyone who works here.”

The firm fired the lawyer “effective immediately,” according to the spokesman.

Kirk, 31, was an executive director of Turning Point USA and a close ally of President Donald Trump. He was gunned down while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University.

Perkins Coie was the first of four law firms to sue Trump after being hit with executive orders against them, which limited lawyers’ access to federal buildings, revoked their security clearances, and threatened their clients’ government contracts.

Trump targeted Perkins Coie for its involvement with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. The firm’s lawyers retained Washington’s Fusion GPS for research that resulted in the so-called Steele dossier, which alleged Trump’s campaign coordinated with Russian government officials.

Judges have struck down Trump’s orders against Perkins Coie and three other firms as unconstitutional. The Justice Department is appealing the decisions.