Paul Weiss leader Brad Karp spent more than a decade building his firm’s deals practice to an elite level matching its litigation work. A deal he struck with President Donald Trump threatens the balance between the two.
The Wall Street firm lost a string of litigation partners following the March 20 deal with Trump to provide $40 million in free legal services. The move got Paul Weiss out from under an executive order that Karp said threatened the firm’s survival.
Jeh Johnson, the prominent Democrat and former Homeland Security Secretary, last month retired from the firm where he’d spent parts ...
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