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Quote
of
the
Day.
Corporate
lawyers
in
many
of
the
top
firms
have
more
power
when
it
comes
to
administrative
decisions
because
they
generate
more
revenue
than
most
litigators.
As
a
result,
they
may
have
played
a
bigger
role
in
the
decision
to
cooperate
with
the
administration,
leaving
many
litigators
disgruntled
to
the
point
of
looking
for
opportunities
to
leave
the
firm.
—
Rebecca
Roiphe,
a
legal
ethics
professor
at
New
York
Law
School,
in
comments
given
to
the
American
Lawyer,
on
the
growing
divide
between
corporate
and
litigation
partners
at
the
Biglaw
firms
that
made
pro
bono
payola
deals
with
the
Trump
administration.
A
D.C.
Biglaw
partner
who
spoke
anonymously
with
Am
Law
seemed
to
agree
with
Roiphe,
saying,
“The
corporate
lawyers
have
been
driving
the
[Trump
deals],
to
the
great
displeasure
of
many,
if
not
most
or
all,
of
the
litigators.”
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