Levy’s expertise was arguing before the Supreme Court and in that capacity he was one of the most accomplished lawyers in the country regardless of politics. Lawyers like this (especially former deputy attorney generals) do not get fired because their credibility brings in a ton of business and there is ALWAYS a need for lawyers with a lot of SCOTUS experience.
You are absolutely correct about the pressure at big law firms, but I don’t think this had anything to do with layoffs at his firm.
Perhaps, but he was one of the lawyers let go this week and the fact that he shot himself in his office at the firm makes one think they may be some connection. I agree that normally someone of his stature would be one of the last to be let go, so there may be more to the story, of course.
One might look for a connection between an upcoming Supreme Court case on BO’s BC, and Levy.