It’s not shocking that Jenner & Block is including to its appellate observe. The agency is well-known for its high notch appellate work, so naturally, its at all times looking out for lateral expertise that may bolster their roster. And Jenner & Block’s litigation prowess has been within the information ever since Donald Trump went after the agency, focusing on them with an Govt Order designed to extract a monetary penalty for pissing off the president. Not like *some* in Biglaw, Jenner & Block fought the EO and shortly notched victories in opposition to the unconstitutional orders.
So, in opposition to this backdrop, Jenner’s announcement that they’ve added accomplice Peter Davis to their ranks is notable. As Co-Managing Companions Ishan Bhabha and Randy Mehrberg stated, “Peter’s arrival displays our continued funding in constructing the nation’s premier appellate observe that fiercely advocates for our purchasers.” And Ian Heath Gershengorn, Co-Chair of Jenner & Block’s Appellate & Supreme Courtroom Observe, mirrored on the addition saying, “Peter represents the caliber of fearless appellate advocate that defines our observe. His Supreme Courtroom pedigree, first-chair argument expertise, and confirmed observe report with subtle purchasers strengthens our potential to deal with essentially the most consequential issues. Peter’s understanding of constitutional legislation and regulatory challenges is especially precious as our purchasers navigate an more and more advanced authorized panorama.”
Davis’s authorized pedigree is elite with three federal clerkships for Supreme Courtroom Justice Elena Kagan, Decide James Boasberg within the US District Courtroom for the District of Columbia, and Decide Sri Srinivasan within the US Courtroom of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and, having most lately labored at an AmLaw 25 agency (as the discharge demurely notes). That AmLaw 25 agency is Latham & Watkins — a type of obsequious companies that inked a cope with Trump, promising $125 million in professional bono payola for conservative purchasers and causes, as Trump sees match.
This offers a a lot totally different spin to Davis’s departure. As a result of there’s an industry-wide development of litigators leaving companies that capitulated to Trump — it simply… doesn’t replicate nicely on litigators when their agency isn’t prepared to struggle in opposition to unconstitutional orders in courtroom. Although his assertion on the lateral transfer is void of among the fiery rhetoric that characterised some departures from the capitulating companies, Davis’s new Biglaw house says a lot.
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