CCA Town Hall – “Law Firms and the Rule of Law” (Fellows Only Event)

Hosted by the CCA Education Committee –
Open to all CCA Fellows, Fellows-Elect & CCA Associates

May 15, 2025 @ 12:00pm – 1:15pm Eastern

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(A CCA Fellows Only Event)

We are privileged to feature some of the lawyers involved in the litigation against President Trump’s executive orders attempting to limit and control law firm activities. They are:

Gary Born: Partner, WilmerHale. Gary, chair of WilmerHale’s International Arbitration Practice Group, is widely regarded as a preeminent authority on international commercial arbitration. He has been ranked for more than 20 years as as one of the world’s leading international arbitration advocates and as the leading arbitration practitioner in London.

Philip A. Lacovara: Independent Arbitrator. Phil is the former President of the D.C. Bar and the former Deputy Solicitor General of the U.S. Counsel to the Watergate Special Prosecutor. He organized 17 former presidents of the D.C. bar to file an amicus brief in the Perkins Coie litigation. Phil is the former Managing Director and General Counsel of Morgan Stanley & Co., and the former Vice President and Senior Counsel in charge of worldwide litigation for GE.   

Wade A. Thomson: Partner, Jenner & Block. Wade is a Co-Chair of the firm’s Business Litigation Practice and is an elected member of the firm’s Policy Committee. He is Chambers ranked and has significant experience in high-stakes disputes around the world, practicing out of both the Chicago and London offices.  

Don B. Verrilli, Jr.: Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP. Don is counsel to Susman Godfrey as well as counsel to the 504 law firms that joined the amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie’s suit against the government. Don was the solicitor general of the United States from 2011 to 2016.

This is an interactive town hall open only to CCA Fellows, Fellows-Elect, and CCA Associates. It will be conducted according to Chatham House rules, which provide that participants can use information shared during the session, but not the identity of the speakers or other participants. That’s so we can all speak freely without fear of any repercussions.

(*No CLE credit is available for this program.)