A Kirkland & Ellis associate left a hateful/harassing voice message last week for the lead lawyer for the Trump campaign — campaign lawyer asked for sanctions but so far the court has done nothing on this. The Trump lawyer has had death threats, courtesy Lincoln Project doxing.
Over 9,000 attorneys made contributions to Lincoln Project, including over $1k contributions from partners at 40 large firms... the money is used in part to attack and crowd-source harassment of attorneys representing clients in court, a protected constitutional act. Despicable.
I’m told the court scolded the firm, did not sanction the attorney. Maybe the client asked firm to withdraw, or maybe firm suggested it. Firm tried to excuse the conduct by saying associate did it on her own time, was not on case, had gurgling baby in the background. Nice try...
Yes, I made a list for my own research. No, I’m not posting it publicly. Enough of this Lord of the Flies crap.
State bars don't disbar people for this, don't even sanction them typically unless there is theft or gross misconduct or a crime takes place. But I've seen lawyers sanctioned $500 for not wearing business attire, showing up late, being unprepared, etc. -- this is worse, but the
Associate wasn't working on case & the firm claims she didn't know about the representation. At a large firm such as Kirkland, that part about not knowing her firm was involved is very plausible. But the unprofessional conduct itself against any lawyer, should not be tolerated.
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