WilmerHale Work for Harvard Scrutinized in Ethics Complaint (1)

An anonymous ethics complaint targeting prominent WilmerHale attorney William Lee is calling on the Massachusetts attorney general’s office to investigate the firm’s relationship with Harvard University, where Lee served on its governing board for over a decade.

Lee and WilmerHale represented the elite school in its attempt to defend its race-based admission policy from legal attacks by conservative groups, a battle it lost at the Supreme Court last summer. The firm also coached ex-Harvard president Claudine Gay for what turned into a highly damaging congressional hearing on antisemitism that helped lead to Gay’s ouster.

Although the complaint represents another ...