The granddaughters of Judge Simon Rifkind express their disappointment in Mr. Brad Karp's actions amidst the Trump administration's controversies. They believe his agreement with the administration undermines the integrity of the legal profession. Citing their grandfather’s principles, they argue that law firm leadership must prioritize the legal system's integrity over business negotiations, especially given the government's previous attacks on law firms. They assert the choice Mr. Karp faced was not merely a commercial dispute but a critical moment for the legal profession's values and responsibilities.
Your selective quotation of the Statement of Principles has already been the subject of much news coverage. For our grandfather, the touchstone was "in all things to govern ourselves as members of a free democratic society with responsibilities both to our profession and our country." It is impossible to reconcile your pact with the administration, made during a week in which attacks on law firms and the judicial system were rampant.
We understand, as did our grandfather, that running a large law firm can be difficult and may require addressing multiple and sometimes conflicting interests. And we realize that the administration's executive order placed Paul, Weiss in a position where you, as firm chairman, believed that you faced an existential crisis over the firm's survival and an agonizing choice between litigating and negotiating.
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