Blowback against Trump campaign law firm targets clients, recruiting | Reuters

The firm defended its representation in a statement on Tuesday, saying the case raises important constitutional questions, pushing back on critic s claims that its main goal is to sow distrust in the results of the election. A request by Republicans for the Supreme Court to hear the case is pending.

But Jones Day distanced itself from legal challenges filed by Republicans after Democrat Joe Biden captured the presidency on Saturday, saying it is not representing any entity in any litigation challenging or contesting the results of the 2020 general election.

Despite its statement, Jones Day has faced criticism, which some attorneys have spoken out against, arguing that a tenet of law firm business and the U.S. legal system is that even controversial clients deserve counsel.

Orin Kerr, a professor at the University of California Berkeley School of Law, on Tuesday said on Twitter: Going after lawyers for representing unpopular clients in unpopular legal claims has a really bad history, and tends to not go well. Our legal system needs lawyers to take on unpopular clients.

On Tuesday, The Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans, said it will spend $500,000 on ads targeting Jones Day and a smaller law firm working for Trump, following a Monday New York Times report citing dissent among Jones Day s senior attorneys over its election work for Republicans.

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