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The discredited firm, Kirkland & Ellis, was harassing, intimidating Trump lawyers.
A Kirkland & Ellis associate engaged in behavior that could lead to disbarment for not only the associate, but several partners. K&E tried to play the, "It wasn't our fault game," but that's now how the law works. https://t.co/o4yVk4XxM4 pic.twitter.com/4qSARVamzs
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A Kirkland & Ellis associate engaged in behavior that could lead to disbarment for not only the associate, but several partners. K&E tried to play the, “It wasn’t our fault game,” but that’s now how the law works.
BREAKING: Kirkland & Ellis withdraws from representing Pennsylvania Secretary of State in Trump campaign case
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Law Firm Withdraws From Representing Boockvar in Trump Campaign’s Pennsylvania Lawsuit
By Tom Ozimek, November 21, 2020 Updated: November 21, 2020
Law firm Kirkland & Ellis has requested withdrawal from representing Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar in a lawsuit brought forward by the Trump campaign, with Kramer Levin attorney Barry Berke stepping in as a substitute.
Kirkland & Ellis attorneys made the request in a notice of substitution of counsel filed on Nov. 20 (pdf), noting that Boockvar would be represented by law firm Kramer Levin, Myers Brier & Kelly, and the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, until the end of legal proceedings.
This is not the first time Berke is to confront President Donald Trump’s legal team, with the National Law Journal reporting that Berke served as special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee as it built its impeachment case against Trump.
The move to switch legal representation comes after Linda Kerns, a lawyer leading the Trump campaign’s efforts to dispute the election results in Pennsylvania, complained to a federal court that she received an abusive voicemail from a Kirkland & Ellis attorney, with Kerns saying the message “by any measure falls afoul of standards of professional conduct.”
In a response, Kirkland lawyer Daniel Donovan said he thought the call was “discourteous and not appropriate” but disagreed with how Kerns had described it.
He said the company associate was “acting unilaterally, in his personal capacity, without the knowledge or authorization of undersigned counsel or the firm.”
Kerns has been placed under official protection after allegedly being subjected to various forms of harassment, with a Nov. 18 filing (pdf) saying she was “the subject of threats of harm, to the point at which the involvement of police and U.S. Marshals has been necessary to provide for her safety.”
She wrote on Nov. 16 that she had “been subjected to continuous harassment in the form of abusive emails, phone calls, physical and economic threats, and even accusations of treason—all for representing the President of the United States’ campaign in this litigation.”
Kerns later sought permission to quit working on the case, and Judge Matthew Brann allowed her to be “withdrawn as counsel” for the Trump campaign, according to a court filing.
There have been reports of harassment targeting lawyers representing Trump in election-related legal challenges.
The Trump campaign and Republican allies have filed several lawsuits in Pennsylvania, including challenging a deadline extension that allowed mail-in ballots received up to three days after Election Day to be counted, another alleging poll observers were kept too far away from vote counters and that Democrat-majority counties received preferential treatment, and another challenging Boockvar’s deadline extension for absentee voters to provide missing proof of identification.
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24 Comments
3 years ago
If Joe had a legit win, I don’t think they would be harassing our lawyers.
3 years ago
Reply to
WadeBaker
Because they are commies, and that is what they do: intimidate…….like Antifa.
3 years ago
Reply to
WadeBaker
It does make you wonder about all the claims everything is on the up and up.
3 years ago
NO WAY they should allow votes to be counted 3 days after election day.
Missing proof of ID, no signature verification, more ballots than legally registered voters: What kind of shit-show is being run here. CRASH IT ALL, and vote again in end of January.
If you want a ballot, you request it in writing by Dec 31. Signature verification required, with photo
and proof of identity and home address (four fold like DMV).
3 years ago
These lefties are pushing their luck at every turn there are way more of us than there of them and confrontations are brewing as this is the calm before the storm. Should the truth not prevail in the election of Donald J. Trump President of the United States of America we will see strength of the silenced Americans. It won’t be pretty and the lefties will reap the harvest they have sown.
3 years ago
Reply to
YesHemp Cbd
THIS TIME THERE WILL BE NO PRISONERS, These DEMOCRAT = COMMUNISTS, will live to regret their CRIMES.
3 years ago
The CIA, the FBI and the DOJ …assisted and covered it up.
3 years ago
Reply to
CharlieSeattle
You mean, like General Flynn’s adventure and the “Russian Dossier”?
3 years ago
Interesting. Now why would they harass Trump lawyers? Hmmm…
3 years ago
Illegal harassment by LAWYERS no less has to stop!
Disbar them!
3 years ago
Yup! Way before Trump came along!
It explains shock wins by DEMS and that BLUE WAVE in 2018 midterms….
3 years ago
Just a friendly reminder. Eighteen days after the election and Trump’s paid liars haven’t presented a shred of evidence to courts of large scale voter-fraud.
3 years ago
Reply to
FishsticksForMe
As they say, “See you in Court”. Until then, the personal identities of the witnesses stay under cover to prevent doxxing from people like you.
3 years ago
Harrrrrvard ethics on display here!
3 years ago
Law firm Kirkland & Ellis
Remember that Boockvar is as anti-Trump as it gets. She tweeted out the message below in 2017:
yeah, …
well Putting The Title, ‘Attorney’ in front of Brookvar, is down Right Repulsive
3 years ago
Reply to
dingo
Hey kathy, it’s really not the Republicans fault you were WHELPED from a SWINE (pig). The fault lies with your BIOLOGICAL FATHER, may he rest in peace.
3 years ago
see Kirkland, bloody Costco vote center – bulk voting
3 years ago
If these elections were so honest why are all the dems acting scared? And why are these lawyers caving in to the democrat thugs? They’ll get allot more credibility if the stand up and do what they were hired to do.
3 years ago
Anybody remember SLAPP? Short for Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation. This is litigation designed to drain the opponent’s resources through the Discovery process. Watch for the attacks; SPLC is right on the front edge of this kind of stuff. The victim is usually bled dry by the time of the court decision. Quite often, the plaintiff will drop the case once the damage has been done. In the absence of a decision, they can run the same game against another target, or an associate can file a similar suit to keep the damage going. If it happens to you, go public and go loud; you may find out that you’re not alone.
3 years ago
The lawyers have either been threatened, have been heavily ‘pissed in their pockets’ or both by the Biden, Soros and other criminal establishment freaks involved. I just hope that Trump will make it and finally is really cleaning the swamps.
3 years ago
This must be what the left means when they say they want a “peaceful transition”….
