Law Firms Are Drowning In Cash. Trump's PAC Is Drowning In Legal Bills.

About this episode

The episode discusses the financial state of law firms, Trump's PAC legal bills, and speculates on Justice Alito's potential retirement.

And is Alito really going to retire? ----- The 2026 Super Rich list has 37 firms clearing $1.45M RPL and $625K PPL thresholds after Am Law had to raise because last year's bar was too easy. Then Kirkland proved what super rich really means by dropping a guaranteed $80M over three years to snatch a star lawyer from Wachtell. The PAC Trump uses to pay lawyers is nearly $500K in the red and owes roughly $1.6M to 12 firms. When will lawyers learn that he's never going to pay his bills... at least with money. Will Sam Alito retire to cheer on insurrections as a private citizen? If he does, Senate Republicans are ready to embrace the hypocrisy and ram through a replacement. Could it be Ted Cruz?

Topics covered

• law firms
• legal bills
• Trump PAC
• Alito retirement
• super rich list
• lawyer payments

Keywords

• law firms
• Trump PAC
• legal bills
• Alito retirement
• super rich list
• Kirkland
• Wachtell

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kirkland, Wachtell, Trump's PAC

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