Jones Day is an American multinational law firm based in Washington,D.C. As of 2023,it is one of the largest law firms in the United States,with 2,302 attorneys,and among the highest-grossing in the world with revenues of $2.5 billion. Founded in 1893,the firm was originally headquartered in Cleveland,Ohio. It has represented over half of the companies in the Fortune 500,including Goldman Sachs,General Motors,McDonald's,and Bridgestone. Jones Day has also represented the campaign of former president Donald Trump.
George Woodward Wickersham was an American lawyer and Attorney General of the United States in the administration of President William H. Taft. He returned to government to serve in appointed positions under both Republican and Democratic administrations,for Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover. He was President of the Council on Foreign Relations for the latter.
Cadwalader,Wickersham &Taft LLP is a white-shoe law firm based in New York City. It is the city's oldest law firm and one of the oldest continuously operating legal practices in the United States. Attorney John Wells founded the practice in 1792. Cadwalader's Lower Manhattan headquarters is one of its five offices in three countries. In 2022,the firm had approximately 400 attorneys.
Victoria Ann Toensing is an American attorney,Republican Party operative and with her husband,Joseph diGenova,a partner in the Washington law firm diGenova &Toensing. Toensing and diGenova frequently appeared on Fox News and Fox Business channels,until diGenova used a November 2019 appearance to spread conspiracy theories about George Soros,leading to widespread calls for him to be banned from the network. In 2019,Toensing and diGenova began representing Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash in his efforts to block extradition to the United States under a federal indictment and became embroiled in the Trump–Ukraine scandal. The couple has worked with Rudy Giuliani in support of President Donald Trump beginning in 2018,and was named to join a legal team led by Giuliani to overturn the results of the 2020 United States presidential election in which Trump was defeated.
Paul John Manafort Jr. is an American former lobbyist,political consultant,and attorney. A long-time Republican Party campaign consultant,he chaired the Trump presidential campaign from June to August 2016. Manafort served as an adviser to the U.S. presidential campaigns of Republicans Gerald Ford,Ronald Reagan,George H. W. Bush,and Bob Dole. In 1980,he co-founded the Washington,D.C.–based lobbying firm Black,Manafort &Stone,along with principals Charles R. Black Jr. and Roger Stone,joined by Peter G. Kelly in 1984. Manafort often lobbied on behalf of foreign leaders such as former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych,former dictator of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos,former dictator of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko,and Angolan guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi. Lobbying to serve the interests of foreign governments requires registration with the Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA);on June 27,2017,he retroactively registered as a foreign agent.
Daniel K. Webb is an American lawyer and public official. He is the co-executive chairman of the international law firm of Winston &Strawn. He is a former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and previously served as the Special Counsel in the Iran-Contra affair. As the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois,he was the top federal law enforcement official in the city of Chicago on behalf of the United States Department of Justice. As U.S. Attorney,Webb led Operation Greylord and successfully prosecuted 76 corrupt judges,police officers,court clerks,and lawyers.
Kevin Mitchel Downing is an American lawyer. He has previously worked for the United States Department of Justice Tax Division and as a partner for the law firm of Miller &Chevalier.
Joseph Tacopina is an American lawyer,media personality,and professional sports executive. He has served as a personal attorney for former U.S. president Donald Trump,representing him in a New York criminal case involving payments made to pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels,and in a civil case in which Trump was not found liable for the rape claim but was liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll.
John Michael Phillips is an American lawyer,consumer and civil rights advocate,and legal commentator. He is licensed to practice law in Florida,New York,Georgia,Alabama,Texas,Oklahoma,Illinois and Washington,DC. Phillips has been lead counsel in numerous nationally reported cases. He successfully represented U.S. Congresswoman Lucy McBath and Ron Davis after the shooting of Jordan Davis in Jacksonville,Florida. He prevailed as lead counsel for Omarosa Manigault Newman in litigation filed against her by Donald J. Trump for President,Inc. As a result,the Campaign was assessed Phillips’s legal fees and costs,totaling over $1.3 Million and agreed to invalidate all of the Campaign's NDAs. He also is lead counsel for Joseph Maldonado-Passage,also known as Joe Exotic,and is featured in four episodes of the second season of the Netflix show Tiger King.
Richard William Gates III is an American former political consultant and lobbyist who pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the United States for making false statements in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. He is a longtime business associate of Paul Manafort and served as deputy to Manafort when the latter was campaign manager of the Donald Trump presidential campaign in 2016,and after under Kellyanne Conway.
The two criminal trials of Paul Manafort were the first cases brought to trial by the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Manafort served as campaign chair for the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign from June 20 to August 19,2016. In July 2017,the FBI conducted a raid of Manafort's home,authorized by search warrant under charges of interference in the 2016 election. Manafort and his business assistant Rick Gates were both indicted and arrested in October 2017 for charges of conspiracy against the United States,making false statements,money laundering,and failing to register as foreign agents for Ukraine. Gates entered a plea bargain in February 2018.
The 2017–2019 Special Counsel investigation involved multiple legal teams,specifically the attorneys,supervised by Special Counsel Robert Mueller,taking part in the investigation;the team representing President Trump in his personal capacity;and the team representing the White House as an institution separate from the President.
The Special Counsel investigation was a United States law enforcement and counterintelligence investigation of the Russian government's efforts to interfere in United States politics and any possible involvement by members of the 2016 Trump presidential campaign. It was primarily focused on the 2016 presidential election.
Michael Thomas van der Veen is an American attorney who specializes in civil litigation and criminal defense. He represented former president Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial in the United States Senate,which resulted in acquittal on February 13,2021.
Christopher Michael Kise is an American lawyer who served as the second Solicitor General of Florida from 2003 to 2006.
Matthew Evan Corcoran is an American former federal prosecutor who became a white-collar crime defense attorney,gaining national prominence due to his role in the FBI investigation into Donald Trump's handling of government documents as Trump's attorney.
The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump is a criminal case against Donald Trump,the 45th and 47th president of the United States. Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal payments made to the pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels as hush money to buy her silence over a sexual encounter between them;with costs related to the transaction included,the payments totaled $420,000. The Manhattan District Attorney (DA),Alvin Bragg,accused Trump of falsifying these business records with the intent to commit other crimes:violation of federal campaign finance limits,unlawfully influencing the 2016 U.S. presidential election,and tax fraud.
Stanley Edmund Woodward Jr. is an American attorney who is currently an assistant to the president and senior counselor. He was previously with Brand Woodward Law. His clients have included those subpoenaed or convicted for the January 6 United States Capitol attack,and aides to Donald Trump.
Steven H. Sadow is an American criminal defense attorney. He is the lead counsel for Donald Trump during his Georgia election racketeering prosecution.
Emil Joseph Bove III is an American attorney. He is a former assistant United States Attorney and member of Donald Trump's legal defense team and is the current acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General.
