Attanasio and a team of colleagues late last week got a judge to block Trump's order for now. "He's the ideal lawyer for what Jenner & Block has hired him to do," says Rusty Hardin, the colorful Texas trial lawyer who has worked with Attanasio.

Two U.S. judges backed Jenner & Block and WilmerHale on Friday as the prominent law firms challenged the Republican president in court.

A federal judge late Friday froze parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block, one of two firms linked to the Robert Mueller investigation Trump has sought to punish.

The discontent does not appear to be resonating with leaders at Paul Weiss and Skadden, but it could hamstring their recruitment efforts.

Jenner & Block on Tuesday became the latest Big Law firm to be targeted by the Trump Administration.

Federal judges in D.C. on Friday partially blocked two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump targeting the Jenner and Block and WilmerHale law firms

Another major international law firm has reached a deal with President Donald Trump to dedicate at least $100 million in free legal services to causes such as supporting veterans and combating antisem

President Donald Trump expanded his attacks on major U.S. law firms on Tuesday as he signed an executive order targeting Jenner & Block, which represents clients challenging some of his major policies and formerly employed a prosecutor involved in a special counsel investigation of his 2016 campaign.

The president cited the firm’s ties to Andrew Weissmann, who previously was a top member of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.