April 10, 2025 – Yesterday, MLFA’s legal division proudly joined with over 300 solo and small law firms/legal centers to show support for the law firm of Perkins Coie, the first firm targeted by an Executive Order last month based on this administration’s disagreement with the legal positions and clients the firm represented. Our attorneys signed onto the amicus, or “friend of the court,” brief filed by solo and small firm/legal center attorneys supporting the legal positions of Perkins Coie in its lawsuit against the Trump administration.
The document shared that “Amici file this brief urging the Court to grant Perkins Coie’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Permanent Injunctive Relief for the following reasons: First, the Order undermines constitutional protections—particularly the First and Sixth Amendments—and forces lawyers to choose between ethical advocacy and professional survival. Second, it invites political manipulation by enabling opposing parties to exploit disqualification tools, undermining the professional norms that sustain legal practice. Third, the Order exceeds executive authority by imposing new legal constraints without legislative approval. For this reasons, the Court must grant Plaintiff Perkins Coie’s Motion for Summary Judgment and for Declaratory and Permanent Injunctive Relief.”
“We support the rule of law, plain and simple,” declared our Civil Litigation Department Head Christina Jump, whose name appears on the brief on behalf of MLFA’s legal division. “This administration targeted Perkins Coie with an Executive Order solely because it doesn’t like the arguments, or the clients, the law firm takes. But that’s the whole point of our legal system—fair and equal representation for all. Perkins Coie didn’t cave to unethical demands, and we proudly stand by the side of its attorneys by joining this filing with the Court in their support.”
