WilmerHale, which sued the Trump administration over an executive order constraining its ability to do business, has a history of refusing to back down from politically charged fights.

Law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale sued the Trump administration over executive orders targeting them, while another firm, Skadden, made a deal.

The settlements have allowed [the president] to ‘build an unrivaled network of Lawyers’ to advance not the interests of their own clients, but instead the government’s chosen agenda,” Jenner said, citing Trump.

A federal prosecutor in Boston who investigated the compounding pharmacy behind a deadly 2012 U.S. fungal meningitis outbreak and more recently prosecuted consulting firm McKinsey & Co for its role in the opioid epidemic has joined law firm WilmerHale.

Even if they are struck down in court, President Trump's executive orders targeting law firms could still succeed in preventing anti-Trump lawsuits.

Hundreds of law firms and former judges have signed onto friend-of-the-court briefs in support of Perkins Coie as the law firm challenges President Trump’s executive order targeting it. More than 500 law firms and 300 retired judges asked for leave to file two amicus briefs condemning Trump’s order stripping security clearances from and