Professional Bono
‘Small and mighty in numbers,’ solo and small agency attorneys assist problem Trump administration agenda
July 23, 2025, 11:50 am CDT
Some BigLaw companies are reluctant to oppose administration insurance policies after President Donald Trump pursued disfavored regulation companies with punitive government orders. However others outdoors BigLaw are keen to litigate. (Picture from Shutterstock)
Some BigLaw companies are reluctant to oppose administration insurance policies after President Donald Trump pursued disfavored regulation companies with punitive government orders. However others outdoors BigLaw are keen to litigate, the New York Occasions experiences.
“A military of solo practitioners, former authorities litigators and small regulation companies stepped as much as volunteer their time to problem the administration’s agenda,” the article says.
Some attorneys are volunteering to assist via the Professional Bono Litigation Corps, launched by the brand new authorized nonprofit Legal professionals for Good Authorities.
The Professional Bono Litigation Corps “is a brand new, comparatively small entrant within the battle in opposition to parts of the Trump agenda,” the article experiences.
Different bigger teams concerned in litigation embody Democracy Ahead, the Democracy Defenders Fund, Defend Democracy, Public Citizen and the American Civil Liberties Union.
One volunteer with the Professional Bono Litigation Corps is Morristown, New Jersey, solo practitioner Michael H. Ansell, who handles small enterprise disputes. He helped interview plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit contesting the Environmental Safety Company’s choice to finish its Environmental and Local weather Justice Block Grants program.
“We’re the final line of protection, it appears,” he instructed the New York Occasions.
Heidi Burakiewicz, whose labor boutique handles federal sector circumstances, helps Norman Eisen, who based the Democracy Defenders Fund.
“I’ve three daughters,” she instructed the New York Occasions. “When that is all stated and executed, I must look them within the face and know I did the whole lot I might.”
Eisen is collaborating with Abbe Lowell, who left Winston & Strawn to defend individuals focused by the Trump administration, based on a Might story by Reuters.
Additionally keen to assist is Karen C. Burgess, a industrial litigator with a agency in Austin, Texas. She instructed her undergraduate alma mater Rice College that she was keen to assist if there’s a federal court docket case over the administration’s investigation of variety initiatives at Rice College, one in every of 4 dozen universities going through such inquiries.
Burgess stated solely a fraction of the 1.3 million attorneys in the US work for big companies.
“We’re small and mighty in numbers and keen to trigger discomfort if needed,” she instructed the New York Occasions.
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