Donald Trump’s surprising and historic victory in November brought to an end one of longest, hardest-fought presidential elections in American history. It was marked by a coarse, combative tenor that plenty of Americans might long to forget. But some Big Law firms will look back wistfully on the fees that they racked up counseling the candidates, advising the super PACS and battling in the courts.
Other firms will hope to leave in the past their role in campaign controversies. (That is, if we’ve seen the last of the hacked email dumps.) And still more firms will hope that their work in the election will lead to clout-heavy positions in the next administration.
