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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCleta Mitchell -- ... -- was featured in this clip that went viral in November.
Cleta Mitchell -- the DC lawyer on the call with Trump and Raffensperger -- was featured in this clip that went viral in November.
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Cleta Mitchell -- ... -- was featured in this clip that went viral in November. (Original Post)
demmiblue
Jan 2021
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Gothmog
(151,651 posts)1. Foley & Lardner To Feel Wrath Of The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project got Jones Day to drop trump as a client. This will be fun to watch
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Free advice for all Biglaw firms: you will be held accountable in the court of public opinion for the work you and your partners do. Thats a lesson Jones Day is well acquainted with. As is Porter Wright. And King & Spalding. And Hogan Lovells. You get the point. So if a partner at your firm plays a prominent role in one of the most shocking phone calls in American history, well, youve got some splaining to do.
Of course Im talking about Foley & Lardner partner Cleta Mitchells participation in Donald Trumps harassing of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to just find 11,780 votes. It seems that the never-Trump PAC The Lincoln Project has turned their attention to Biglaw over the incident.
There are already murmurs of Foley losing business over Mitchells involvement in the debacle, and tweets like these from The Lincoln Project only ups the pressure.
And they arent the only PAC paying attention to Biglaw. MeidasTouch remember they are the ones that actually drew first blood in the campaign against Jones Day has turned their attention to Foley & Lardner. One the the PACs founders, Ben Meiselas, partner at Geragos & Geragos, has been very vocal about the firms involvement, specifically when Foley attorney Jason Villalba tweeted (though hes since deleted it) about the now infamous phone call without condemning Mitchells involvement.
Of course Im talking about Foley & Lardner partner Cleta Mitchells participation in Donald Trumps harassing of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to just find 11,780 votes. It seems that the never-Trump PAC The Lincoln Project has turned their attention to Biglaw over the incident.
Link to tweet
There are already murmurs of Foley losing business over Mitchells involvement in the debacle, and tweets like these from The Lincoln Project only ups the pressure.
And they arent the only PAC paying attention to Biglaw. MeidasTouch remember they are the ones that actually drew first blood in the campaign against Jones Day has turned their attention to Foley & Lardner. One the the PACs founders, Ben Meiselas, partner at Geragos & Geragos, has been very vocal about the firms involvement, specifically when Foley attorney Jason Villalba tweeted (though hes since deleted it) about the now infamous phone call without condemning Mitchells involvement.
MerryBlooms
(11,868 posts)4. Hopefully, she'll soon be retiring to spend more time with her family.
Then disbarred. No doubt if that retirement occurs, she'll be set for life financially. She's a partner, so the firm will have to buy their way out of her mess. Hopefully, the damage is done and Foley & Lardner will experience great financial loss. The longer this goes on, the higher their financial risk.
Gothmog
(151,651 posts)5. Cleta Mitchell, who advised Trump on Saturday phone call, resigns from law firm
This was predictable. Big Law does not like radicals
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Republican lawyer Cleta Mitchell, who advised President Trump during his Saturday phone call with Georgias secretary of state in an effort to overturn the election, resigned on Tuesday as a partner in the Washington office of the law firm Foley & Lardner.
Mitchells resignation came after the law firm on Monday issued a statement saying it was concerned by her role in the call. The firm noted that as a matter of policy, its attorneys do not represent any parties seeking to contest the results of the election.
The Washington Post on Sunday published audio and a transcript of the hour-long call in which Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the election results. During the call, Mitchell complained that she had not been given access to certain information from Raffenspergers office, and Trump relied on her to an extraordinary degree during the call.,....
In its statement on Tuesday, the law firm said: Cleta Mitchell has informed firm management of her decision to resign from Foley & Lardner effective immediately. Ms. Mitchell concluded that her departure was in the firms best interests, as well as in her own personal best interests. We thank her for her contributions to the firm and wish her well.
Mitchells resignation came after the law firm on Monday issued a statement saying it was concerned by her role in the call. The firm noted that as a matter of policy, its attorneys do not represent any parties seeking to contest the results of the election.
The Washington Post on Sunday published audio and a transcript of the hour-long call in which Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the election results. During the call, Mitchell complained that she had not been given access to certain information from Raffenspergers office, and Trump relied on her to an extraordinary degree during the call.,....
In its statement on Tuesday, the law firm said: Cleta Mitchell has informed firm management of her decision to resign from Foley & Lardner effective immediately. Ms. Mitchell concluded that her departure was in the firms best interests, as well as in her own personal best interests. We thank her for her contributions to the firm and wish her well.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(112,473 posts)2. She's quite the conspiritorial type
MerryBlooms
(11,868 posts)3. R&K Thank you.