Kyle Griffin: law firm Susman Godfrey statement on lawsuit against the US Govt

[Dennis Donovan]

Kyle Griffin
‪@kylegriffin1.bsky.social‬
Susman Godfrey statement:

"The executive order targeting Susman Godfrey is unconstitutional and retaliatory. No administration should be allowed to punish lawyers for simply doing their jobs … As officers of the court, we are duty-bound to take on this fight against the illegal executive order."

‪Kyle Griffin‬ ‪
@kylegriffin1.bsky.social‬
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Reuters: LAW FIRM SUSMAN GODFREY SUES U.S. GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER AGAINST IT - COURT DOCKET

April 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM

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1. Susman Godfrey Sues Trump to Fight 'Unconstitutional' Order

Munger Tolles is representing Susman in this case. JD Vance's wife used to be at that firm
https://bsky.app/profile/jimlo-hi.bsky.social/post/3lmlclnysk22r

Link to tweet

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/susman-godfrey-sues-trump-to-fight-unconstitutional-order

Susman Godfrey is the latest major law firm to take the Trump administration to court over an executive order aimed at its attorneys.

Susman on Friday filed a suit to challenge President Donald Trump’s April 9 order, arguing that he violated the constitution by targeting the firm for its work in court. The firm asked a federal judge in Washington to freeze the order, which restricts lawyers’ access to government buildings and directs agencies to terminate federal contracts with Susman clients.

“The President is abusing the powers of his office to wield the might of the Executive Branch in retaliation against organizations and people that he dislikes,” the firm said in the complaint. “Nothing in our Constitution or laws grants a President such power; to the contrary, the specific provisions and overall design of our Constitution were adopted in large measure to ensure that presidents cannot exercise arbitrary, absolute power in the way that the President seeks to do in these Executive Orders.”

Representatives for the White House didn’t immediately respond a request for comment.

The suit makes Susman the fourth major law firm to challenge Trump over executive orders against them, which also strip lawyers of security clearances. It comes as a growing list of corporate firms—including Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins—strike preemptive deals with the president, pledging a total of $940 million in free legal services to stay out of the bull’s eye.

Houston-founded Susman’s lawyers represented Dominion Voting Systems Inc. in a defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp., which ended with the company agreeing to pay a $787.5 million settlement. The case was based on the network’s reporting tying Dominion’s voting machines to conspiracy theories about a stolen 2020 election. Susman is pursuing a similar suit against Trump advocate Mike Lindell, the chief executive officer of MyPillow.