Did a Big Law Attorney Act Unethically to Sabotage Trump's Travel 'Ban'?

PJ Media ^ | Hans A. von Spokovsky

[Jacquerie]

Exactly. The law firm turned on a client. A yuge no-no. They are messing with the wrong man. I wonder what ($) prompted a Jones Law lawyer to risk discipline at best, and fines and disbarment(?) at worst.

[DrDude]

To expand on your point, The lawyer from Jones Day(?) did more than “go against his former client”. At that point it stopped all prior and current lawyers with that firm from being involved in the action. Conflict of interest made the Solictor withdraw. This should work both ways. The Jones Day lawyer has a conflict of interest in filing the brief.

[Ann Archy]

August is a LOSER ATTORNEY!

[jazusamo]

Bump!

[Chances Are]

Did the 9th Circuit address those questions in any way, shape or form?

This, then, should go a ways towards moving this thing right along.

Of course, the 9th, with it’s long history...

CA....

[sport]

Does a bear_______ in the woods?

Would a Clinton lie?

[Disestablishmentarian]

Very odd indeed.

Jones Day would never make this kind of mistake unless there is more than meets the eye.

Could there have been some reason the administration did not want its most vigorous defense in the initial skirmish?

Could they have wanted to draw the opposition offside in preparation for a much more encompassing order around the corner?

[dirtboy]

I guess it boils down to whether the government under President Trump is not the same as private citizen Trump.

[dirtboy]

I guess it boils down to whether the government under President Trump is not the same as private citizen Trump.

[Robert357]

Democrats are not bound by laws or ethics.

[Swordmaker]

I read it but maybe I am stupid or mentally allergic to legal mumbo jumbo; it sounded like the law firm which did work for Trump couldn’t do work in this regard; so how does that jibe with the misleading article title?

it's not misleading. The title refers to the fact that an UNETHICAL lawyer from the same firm as the lawyer who was intended to argue for President Trump before the Ninth Circuit Court unethically filed a last minute opposing Amicus brief. This caused the ethical lawyer to be forced to drop out from arguing the case and an unprepared, perhaps un-enthusiastic, chair-warming government employee to have to step in at the last moment and do the honors instead.

The likelihood is that this unethical lawyer's filing was deliberate, knowing that his erstwhile colleague would recuse himself to avoid even the hint of unethical behavior, being a conservative, while the Liberal lawyer didn't give a damn about being thought unethical. The ploy worked.