This wintry week heated up with reports that two of the best-known Supreme Court practitioners in Washington had jumped ship to new law firms. We offer our take on the ramifications of the moves. We’re also reporting on what may be a dress rehearsal for a looming debate over whether Congress can take steps to require that the Supreme Court adopt its own code of conduct. Thanks for reading, and contact us at [email protected] and [email protected].
Takeaways on the Shanmugam and Blatt Moves
The news that veteran Supreme Court advocates Kannon Shanmugam and Lisa Blatt played musical chairs over the weekend, ending up in entirely new law firms—Paul Weiss and Williams & Connolly, respectively—has reverberated around the tight-knit Supreme Court bar.
