Here's how exit paths to Big Law — and a partner-sized paycheck — for Trump administration lawyers are shaping up right now
For lawyers, a few years of work in the White House or an executive agency is typically a nice resume-booster before returning to the private sector. But with a presidential election looming, some attorneys and legal industry observers wonder whether this time will be different.
"It is getting more challenging for government lawyers who are not highly prominent to get the jobs at the firms," said Lauren Drake, a headhunter at Macrae. "I think that is absolutely related to the pandemic, and not to the controversial current administration." "It's easy to say everyone's going to have a 'T' on their forehead," said one veteran D.C. lawyer at a major law firm, "but the reality is more nuanced."
"If you cut your teeth coming up with legal strategies for building a wall, you might as well hang it up," the veteran lawyer said.Law firms are pulling the trigger on pay cuts and layoffs — and they're already rethinking tech, office space, and recruiting for the long term Some high-profile lawyers from the Trump administration have landed well in the private sector. Rachel Brand, the former number-three at Justice, took an executive role at Walmart in 2018, and Jennifer Newstead, who was the State Department legal advisor, is Facebook's top lawyer.
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