It all started with a tweet, it always does these days ! .. Democratic Senator. Chris Murphy (Conn.) sent a tweet on Friday accusing President Donald Trump of hiring a law firm with “extensive ties to Russia.”
We wonder if Democratic Party leaning firms will now poo poo Chambers ?
As FreeBeacon reports
There are elements of truth to Murphy’s tweet. Trump is represented by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, whose Moscow branch was named “Russia Law Firm of the Year” in 2016 by Chambers Europe, a publication of London-based Chambers & Partners. Morgan Lewis’ Moscow office employs more than 40 lawyers and staff and touts its adeptness in helping companies navigate and abide by U.S. sanctions on Russia.
But to use that as evidence of “extensive ties to Russia,” as Murphy claims, is misleading. Morgan Lewis is a global firm with thousands of lawyers working in dozens of law offices in about a dozen countries. The firm also has offices in Beijing, Brussels, Dubai, Frankfurt, Kazakhstan, London, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, and the United States, while advertising its work in Africa, India, and South America.
Morgan Lewis, founded in Philadelphia in the 19th century, remains the eighth largest law firm in America and one of the most prestigious. Trump is represented by the Washington, D.C. branch, not the Moscow branch. The firm told ABC News that “no lawyers from Morgan Lewis have handling any business dealings for Mr. Trump in Russia.”
In addition to Morgan Lewis’ award for its work in Moscow, the firm was also in the running for “London Office of the Year” and was named the U.S. “Antitrust and Tax Law Firm of the Year” in 2016.
If you want to know more, to be honest we don’t you can always read on at http://freebeacon.com/politics/democratic-senator-attacks-trump-law-firm-russia-ties/
