President Donald Trump said Friday that five more law firms agreed to devote at least $600 million in free legal work to causes he supports, marking new concessions offered by major law firms facing a White House pressure campaign.
The agreements mostly mirror others struck with four firms in recent weeks, requiring them to shun diversity-based employment practices the administration deems illegal and work on pro bono projects approved by the president.
Kirkland & Ellis, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, and Latham & Watkins LLP are each set to provide $125 million in pro bono work. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft will provide at least $100 million, Trump said in posts on his Truth Social account.
Spokespeople for the five firms did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
In a joint statement shared by Trump, Kirkland, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher and Latham said they look forward to a "continued constructive and productive relationship with President Trump and his team." The firms said they "resolved this matter while upholding long-held principles important to each of our firms."
Cadwalader's managing partner Patrick Quinn said in a statement shared by Trump that the agreement was "consistent with the principles that have guided Cadwalader for over 230 years."
The agreements follow executive orders that Trump issued against five law firms he accused of "weaponizing" the legal system against him and his allies, citing their ties to his political and legal adversaries or their work on cases he opposes.
The orders restricted their lawyers from accessing government buildings and officials and threatened to cancel federal contracts held by their clients.
Three of the firms — Perkins Coie, WilmerHale and Jenner & Block — sued over the orders and won rulings that temporarily blocked those provisions, convincing federal judges that they violated constitutional protections for speech and due process. Susman Godfrey also said it will fight Trump's order against it.
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