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Judge Strikes Down Executive Order Targeting Perkins Coie

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 5, 2025

A Washington, D.C, federal judge late Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm of Perkins Coie, Bloomberg Law reports. The decision from Judge Beryl Howell bars executive branch agencies from enforcing “any portion” of the March 6 executive order, calling it an unconstitutional violation of clients’ right to pick their own counsel and the firm’s due process protections. She also called the order “an unprecedented attack” on the “foundational principles” of the American judicial system. Perkins Coie was the first of four law firms to sue after being the subject of executive orders. In March, Howell imposed a temporary restraining order on parts of the executive order, but Friday’s ruling found the entire executive order to be null and void.