Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice by David Enrich

Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice

by David Enrich

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Crime & JusticePolitics & Power

Enrich's case is that giant corporate law firms now help powerful clients, Donald Trump among them, escape accountability. He builds it around one firm, Jones Day, founded in Cleveland in 1893, and you follow its growth into a profit-driven giant through interviews, government documents, internal firm files and press reports.

Core ideas
  • From lawyers to firms: The profession moved from individual practitioners to huge corporate firms as regulation and commercialization changed the business of law.
  • Controversial clients: The middle of the book turns to Jones Day's work for tobacco companies, Purdue Pharma, the Catholic Church and Fox News.
  • Into the administration: Jones Day lawyers went to work in the Trump administration, and the firm represented Trump, including in challenges to the 2020 election results.
Published2022
Pages384
ISBN9780063142176
ReadApr 2023

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