Rachel Cohen, who left the great law on his business’s response to Donald Trump’s battle against the profession, said that she had called her parents before leaving to be sure she was doing the right thing.
Cohen left Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in March and published his resignation letter on Linkedin. She said she was leaving because she thought the company had not responded correctly to Trump’s threats to businesses.
In an episode of the “Rapid Response” podcast published on Tuesday, Cohen said that she first called her parents to get advice, saying she wanted to be sure that she had done “everything else possible not to burn a career”.
Cohen described his parents as “whites who live in Ohio, who have a lot of confidence in the systems”, and said they were former lawyers who worked as a lawyer of the general judgment in the air force.
“I said,” I don’t call to ask me if this action could make me fire. I call to ask, is it unfair? Is there anything else that I should exhaust first? “Cohen said. She didn’t say what their answer was.
Cohen said that before resigning, she contacted Skadden’s “management people” internally to ask how she could help her expect to be a “industry scale” to Trump’s executive orders against large law firms.
She said she had received an answer thanking her for her point of view. Skadden did not immediately respond to requests for comments from Business Insider.
Cohen has also helped circulate an open letter among the partners In the best companies condemning their employers for inaction and began to appear with the media to discuss the situation.
His decision to resign came after Paul Weiss, another elite lawyer’s firm, agreed with a list of requests in exchange for Trump canceling his decree against the cabinet.
“I think what is the next proactive step? And I returned home then I am described, what are my requests for the company? What should we do?” Cohen said.
In her letter of resignation, Cohen said she would not leave if Skadden provided a “satisfactory response at the current moment”.
President Donald Trump has signed a series of decrees aimed at high -level law firms. Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images
Trump has targeted law firms which he considers to be aligned with his political opponents by revoking their security authorizations and calling for an examination of their government contracts.
Several large law firms, including Skadden, Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Paul Weiss, have concluded agreements with the president to protect their business, which caused accusations against the law professionals they capitulate in Trump.
Other companies, such as Perkins Coie, have challenged the directives of the administration, alleging in prosecution that decrees are intended to cool freedom of expression and dissuade customers from doing business with them.
More than 500 law firms have signed a brief denunciation of Trump Trump Trump Coy and saying that they had to come together to “preserve the integrity of the American legal system”.
Cohen remained vocal on social media on the ongoing challenges to the legal profession since she left.
She said on the podcast that she did not know what her next career move would be. Cohen did not respond to a request for comments.
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