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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Loan Huynh, an attorney who serves as the chair of the immigration department at Frederickson & Byron, a law firm based in Minneapolis. The following has been edited for length and clarity.These are not normal times.There’s a huge concentration of ICE…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jennifer Clinchy, owner of Clinchy Career Consulting. It has been edited for length and clarity.I was a White House attorney for nine years, spanning three different presidents (Obama, Trump, and Biden). Six years ago, I started working for the National Oceanic…
When Nicolás Maduro needed someone to represent him in an American courtroom, he turned to a lawyer with experience facing off against the federal government.The Venezuelan political leader hired Barry Pollack, a criminal defense attorney who’s represented WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, as well as other high-profile defendants.The Justice Department has…
Deborah Carrillo made a classic lawyer pivot. After a decade at a white-shoe firm, she left to join one of her clients, the venture capital firm Menlo Ventures.What came next is far less common. Menlo has elevated Carrillo, its general counsel and only in-house lawyer, to partner after nearly six…
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are engaged in a courtroom clash of the titans over the origins of OpenAI, now one of the most important artificial intelligence companies in the world. In San Francisco federal court, they are suing each other in a dizzying series of claims and counterclaims.In Altman’s…
