Wake Up Call: SCOTUS Won’t Hear Case of DQ’ed Pro-Trump Lawyer

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

• The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Michigan attorney Stefanie Lambert, who was disqualified from representing Overstock.com founder Patrick Byrne in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case after allegedly leaking Dominion’s internal records. Lambert, facing criminal charges in Michigan for allegedly accessing voting machines after the 2020 election, argued that Dominion sought her removal because of her involvement in election-related litigation. (The Hill)
• Former Israeli Defense Ministry legal adviser Itay Ophir was appointed as the country’s new chief military lawyer, replacing Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who resigned after allegedly leaking a video related to the Palestinian prisoner abuse cases. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly reprimanded Defense Minister Israel Katz for bypassing him in the decision to appoint Ophir, who spent time at Weil Gotshal & Manges in New York. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Kim Kardashian announced that she failed the California bar exam, after previously admitting that she relied on ChatGPT to study. In 2021, Kardashian passed the First-Year Law Students’ Examination, also known as the the “baby bar,” as well as the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam in early 2025. She said on Instagram that the failure won’t stop her from attempting the bar again. (Cosmopolitan)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Heather Weigel joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as a partner in its mergers and acquisitions practice group in New York. She joins from Davis Polk.
• Frederick Cristman and James Adams joined Mayer Brown as partners in its global leveraged finance and private capital group in Washington. They join from Hogan Lovells.
• Matthew Phillips joined Reed Smith as a partner in its entertainment and media industry group in London. He joins from Leicester City Football Club.