January 25, 2022
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The Big Law Figures on Trump's Slates of False Electors | The American Lawyer - The American Lawyer

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress to count the Electoral College votes of the 2020 presidential election in the House Chamber in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. The House and Senate resumed a politically charged debate over the legitimacy of the presidential election hours after a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol and drove lawmakers from their chambers. Photo: Erin Schaff/The New York Times/Bloomberg
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress to count the Electoral College votes of the 2020 presidential election in the House Chamber on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo: Erin Schaff/The New York Times/Bloomberg

What You Need to Know

  • Supporters of Trump submitted slates in 2020 fraudulently indicating that he won elections in seven states.
  • A Duane Morris lobbyist and a Michael Best Fredrich attorney are among Big Law figures on the slates.
  • Some said they had attached their names as a contingency because of pending litigation.

A lobbyist with Duane Morris in Pennsylvania and an attorney with Michael Best Fredrich in Wisconsin are among several Big Law figures who put their names on slates of electors falsely declaring that former President Donald Trump won their states in the 2020 election.

As a non-lawyer, Duane Morris’ Ted Christian—who served as Pennsylvania state director for Trump’s 2016 campaign—is not covered by the legal profession’s rules of professional conduct. But the considerations are different for Michael Best counsel Andrew Hitt, along with Hall Booth Smith partner Brad Carver, who signed Georgia Republicans’ bogus slate, and Saxton & Stump shareholder Andy Reilly, who joined Christian on the Pennsylvania letter. Their names appear on documents obtained from the National Archives by non-partisan watchdog group American Oversight.

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