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If
I
had
a
nickel
for
every
time
a
Biglaw
attorney
wound
up
on
the
Trump
hush
money
jury,
I’d
have
two
nickels.
Which
isn’t
a
lot,
but
it’s
weird
that
it
happened
twice.
Like,
I
know
New
York
City
is
very
much
the
epicenter
of
the
Biglaw
world,
but
it
still
wows
me
that
not
one,
but
two
Biglaw
attorneys
are
on
the
Trump
jury.
In
the
first
two
days
of
jury
selection,
7
members
of
the
jury
were
chosen
and
anonymized
sketches
of
who
will
determine
the
fate
of
the
former
president
are
making
the
rounds.
But,
for
legal
industry
insiders,
the
attorneys
that
litter
the
jury
are
the
most
fascinating
aspect.
There
was
a
time
when
being
a
lawyer
all
but
guaranteed
a
strike,
but
with
the
hyper
specialization
of
the
legal
field,
prosecutors
and
defense
attorneys
are
much
more
willing
to
take
a
chance
on
a
juror
with
a
JD.
So,
what
*do*
we
know
about
these
Biglaw
attorneys?
According
to
Law360,
one
is
a
civil
litigator
at
Hunton
Andrews
Kurth,
the
other
a
corporate
attorney
at
Gunderson
Dettmer.
[T]he
Hunton
Andrews
attorney
described
his
political
views
about
the
Trump
presidency
as
a
mixed
bag.
He
said
he
had
no
opinions
about
Trump
personally.The
juror
said
he’d
have
no
trouble
reconciling
his
job
as
a
lawyer
and
serving
in
a
criminal
case.“I’m
a
civil
litigator,
which
means
I
know
virtually
nothing
about
criminal,”
he
said.
“I
don’t
know
anything
about
election
or
finance
law
either.”To
the
extent
that
he
has
any
knowledge
of
those
areas
of
law,
the
attorney
said
he
believes
he
can
put
it
aside
while
serving
as
a
juror.
The
corporate
attorney
is
juror
No.
3.
He
reportedly
told
prosecutors
you
“don’t
need
to
read
somebody’s
mind”
to
reach
a
conclusion
on
criminal
intent.”
As
to
the
other
charges
pending
against
Trump
on
other
venues,
he
said,
“I’m
not
super
familiar
with
the
other
charges.”
He
continued,
“I
don’t
really
follow
the
news
that
closely,
unfortunately.”
Probably
too
busy
billing.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
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Senior
Editor
at
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