On April 4, 2025 Law Forward joined 507 firms across the country in urgently asking a federal court to act to cease an unprecedented abuse of executive power. In filing this amicus brief, we supported Perkins Coie’s motion for a permanent injunction of the March 6, 2025 Executive Order that violates the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment guarantees as well as bedrock separation of power principles.
A few days later, we joined 808 firms across the country in filing amicus briefs in support of WilmerHale and Jenner & Block in similar fights against improper executive orders.
On April 25, we joined 848 firms across the country in an amicus brief in support of Susmen Godfrey.
On May 2, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell issued a ruling barring the Trump Administration from implementing the executive order targeting Perkins Coie, calling it unconstitutional and an “unprecedented attack” on the basic foundations on the rule of law.
If Trump’s executive orders punishing law firms for who they represent is allowed to stand, some litigants will have greater difficulty accessing legal representation. This will increase the number of poorly represented or entirely unrepresented parties, impose inefficiencies and hardships on the judiciary, diminish the quality of judicial decision-making, and dent public confidence in our system.
April 4, 2025
Amicus brief filed in support of Perkins Coie.
April 11, 2025
Amicus brief filed in support of WilmerHale.
April 11, 2025
Amicus brief filed in support of Jenner & Block.
What happens next?
All cases were filed in D.C. District Court, and will proceed through our system.
We will continue updating this page with more information.