Posted by The Chicago Bar Association and 26 other bar associations signed on to an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in support of the law firms Perkins Coie LLP, Jenner & Block LLP, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, and Susman Godfrey LLP in the government’s appeal of federal courts’ findings that Executive Orders targeting the law firms were unconstitutional.
The CBA stands in support of these law firms in their continued fight against these unconstitutional efforts. Targeting firms based on their representation of clients in matters adverse to the current Administration violates the fundamental tenets of our nation’s legal system, including the core principle that every person is entitled to legal counsel.
The following bar associations signed the briefs:
Metropolitan Bar Associations
New York City Bar Association
Beverly Hills Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
Brehon Law Society of New York City and Nassau County
Chicago Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association
Denver Bar Association
King County Bar Association (Seattle)
Los Angeles County Bar Association
New York County Lawyers Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
San Diego County Bar Association
Bar Association of San Francisco
Affinity, Specialty, Regional and Local Bar Associations:
Asian American Bar Association of New York
Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
Lawyers Club of San Diego
Metropolitan Black Bar Association
Monroe County Bar Association
Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association of Seattle
Muslim Bar Association of New York
National Association of Women Lawyers
National LGBTQ+ Bar Association
Queens Bench Bar Association
Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York
Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network
Read the Brief Here: