RBGG is proud to join 517 other law firms nationwide to sign an amicus brief supporting Perkins Coie LLP, the Plaintiff in Perkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice, D.D.C. Case No. 25-716 (BAH), which challenges the President’s March 6, 2025 Executive Order entitled “Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP.” The amicus brief was authored by former U.S. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP. The unconstitutional March 6 Executive Order—like the five other similar ones targeting other law firms in recent weeks—imposes severe penalties on Perkins Coie due to its past work, including revoking security clearances and denial of access to federal buildings and facilities. The brief and supporting documents are set out below.
As explained in the amicus brief:
“The looming threat posed by the Executive Order at issue in this case and the others like it is not lost on anyone practicing law in this country today: any controversial representation challenging actions of the current administration (or even causes it disfavors) now brings with it the risk of devastating retaliation. Whatever short-term advantage an administration may gain from exercising power in this way, the rule of law cannot long endure in the climate of fear that such actions create. Our adversarial system depends upon zealous advocates litigating each side of a case with equal vigor; that is how impartial judges arrive at just, informed decisions that vindicate the rule of law.”
The brief asks the Court to grant Perkins Coie’s motion for a permanent injunction enjoining the March 6 Executive Order, noting that it and other recent ones “pose a grave threat to our system of constitutional governance and to the rule of law itself.”
Errata re Amicus of 518 Law Firms and Appendix A, April 7, 2025
Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief by 504 Law Firms
Exhibit 2 – Text of Proposed Order