Boutique
law
firm
Dunn
Isaacson
Rhee was
recently
founded
by
former
Paul,
Weiss
partners
Karen
Dunn,
Bill
Isaacson,
Jessica
Phillips,
and
Jeannie
Rhee.
That
fact
would
be
big
news
to
Biglaw
watchers
in
completely
ordinary
times,
but
we
live
in
the
year
of
our
lord
2025
and
nothing
is
ordinary.
The
partners
exited
Paul,
Weiss
because
of
the
cowardly
deal
the
firm
struck
with
the
Trump
administration.
In
March
Paul,
Weiss shocked
the
world
of
Biglaw
when
they became
the
first
firm
to
bend
a
knee
to
Donald
Trump
to
get
out
from
under
an onerous
Executive
Order
designed
to extract
a
financial
penalty for
being
affiliated
with
cases
and
causes
that
displeased
the
president.
Since
then,
the
firm
has
been
experiencing
the
consequences
of
their
actions
—
the
deal
with Trump
keeps
getting
worse,
there’ve
been congressional
investigations, client
concerns,
and
so
many
lawyers bailing on the
firm to distance
themselves
from
the
craven
capitulation.
And
Dunn
Isaacson
Rhee
is
where
a
*bunch*
of
those
fleeing
attorneys
have
landed.
According
to
reporting
by
Bloomberg
Law,
partners
Martha
Goodman
and
Amy
Mauser have
joined
that
list
—
making
them
the
eighth
and
ninth
partners
to
leave
Paul,
Weiss
for
Dunn
Isaacson
—
not
to
mention
all
the
associates
that
have
also
joined
the
new
boutique.
These
types
of
departures
are
exactly
why
Paul,
Weiss
chair
Brad
Karp
has
been
reduced
to
assuring
his
partners
that
EVERYTHING
IS
FINE.
This
is
a
real
run
on
litigation
talent
and
is
the
exact
opposite
of
reassuring,
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of
The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of
Thinking
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A
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