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‘Small and mighty in numbers,’ solo and small agency attorneys assist problem Trump administration agenda
By Debra Cassens Weiss
July 23, 2025, 11:50 am CDT
Some BigLaw corporations are reluctant to oppose administration insurance policies after President Donald Trump pursued disfavored legislation corporations with punitive govt orders. However others exterior BigLaw are prepared to litigate. (Picture from Shutterstock)
Some BigLaw corporations are reluctant to oppose administration insurance policies after President Donald Trump pursued disfavored legislation corporations with punitive govt orders. However others exterior BigLaw are prepared to litigate, the New York Occasions stories.
“A military of solo practitioners, former authorities litigators and small legislation corporations stepped as much as volunteer their time to problem the administration’s agenda,” the article says.
Some attorneys are volunteering to assist by 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 towards parts of the Trump agenda,” the article stories.
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 determination 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 performed, I have to look them within the face and know I did every part I may.”
Eisen is collaborating with Abbe Lowell, who left Winston & Strawn to defend individuals focused by the Trump administration, in accordance with a Could story by Reuters.
Additionally prepared 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 prepared to assist if there’s a federal court docket case over the administration’s investigation of variety initiatives at Rice College, one among 4 dozen universities going through such inquiries.
Burgess stated solely a fraction of the 1.3 million attorneys in the US work for giant corporations.
“We’re small and mighty in numbers and prepared to trigger discomfort if essential,” she instructed the New York Occasions.
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