{"id":8263,"date":"2025-05-02T20:23:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T20:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/?p=8263"},"modified":"2025-05-02T20:23:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T20:23:27","slug":"newly-launched-law-firm-says-it-will-represent-those-inappropriately-targeted-by-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/?p=8263","title":{"rendered":"Newly launched law firm says it will represent those &#8216;inappropriately targeted&#8217; by Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Three months after President Donald Trump returned to office and began issuing a series of <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-steps-make-campaign-promise-seek-retribution-reality\/story?id=121125087\" target=\"_blank\">executive orders<\/a> against organizations and law firms whose actions have opposed him, a longtime Washington, D.C., attorney is launching a new firm that aims in part to represent those who he says have been &#8220;unlawfully and inappropriately targeted&#8221; by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Attorney Abbe Lowell, who has represented high-profile clients including <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/timeline-hunter-biden-legal-political-scrutiny\/story?id=102293605\" target=\"_blank\">Hunter Biden<\/a> and Jared Kushner, says the new firm, Lowell <!-- -->&amp; Associates, will provide legal representation and counsel to individuals and institutions &#8220;facing politicized investigations, civil and administrative actions,&#8221; according to a press release announcing the new venture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This firm is prepared for today&#8217;s dynamic legal landscape, offering a leaner model than larger firms can provide,&#8221; Lowell said in a statement. &#8220;I started my private practice career in my own firm and am excited to once again lead a small yet nimble team ready to represent companies, non-profits and individuals in need of our experience and dedication.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Clients of the newly launched firm include a number of individuals who have been targets of executive orders or other actions taken by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">They include whistleblower attorney Mark Zaid, and New York Attorney General Letitia James &#8212; who successfully sued Trump and his company for fraud, resulting in a $354 million civil fraud fine. Since Trump took office, James has been referred to the Department of Justice <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/federal-housing-agency-refers-ny-attorney-general-james\/story?id=120869452\" target=\"_blank\">for investigation<\/a> by a federal agency over mortgage fraud allegations, which she denies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Attorney General James is focused every single day on protecting New Yorkers, especially as this Administration weaponizes the federal government against the rule of law and the Constitution,&#8221; a spokesperson for James&#8217; office said in a statement to ABC News after the referral was announced. &#8220;She will not be intimidated by bullies &#8212; no matter who they are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Lowell&#8217;s new firm is also representing former Trump administration employee Miles Taylor, who wrote the high-profile 2018 &#8220;Anonymous&#8221; op-ed in the New York Times and released a book about his time in Trump&#8217;s previous administration. Trump has now called him a &#8220;traitor,&#8221; and in a presidential memorandum ordered Taylor stripped of any security clearances he may have, and said he was directing the Department of Justice to <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-directs-doj-investigate-2-officials-term-critics\/story?id=120658983\" target=\"_blank\">investigate him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO fnRUo pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW RMeqy daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc MENS nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY rPLsU iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM IEgzD OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD VWDdR ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV GPGwb oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage GpQCA lZur asrEW \" data-testid=\"prism-inline-image\">\n<figure class=\"kzIjN GNmeK pYrtp dSqFO \" data-testid=\"prism-figure\">\n<div class=\"GpQCA lZur gIjeL \" data-testid=\"prism-ratio-frame\">\n<div class=\"FvQLF iLTd NqeUA UzzHi iWsMV \"><picture data-testid=\"prism-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/c669297e-e1bf-42a6-8353-2993125d468e\/abbe-gty-er-250502_1746204370696_hpMain.jpg?w=375, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/c669297e-e1bf-42a6-8353-2993125d468e\/abbe-gty-er-250502_1746204370696_hpMain.jpg?w=750 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 415px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/c669297e-e1bf-42a6-8353-2993125d468e\/abbe-gty-er-250502_1746204370696_hpMain.jpg?w=750, https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/c669297e-e1bf-42a6-8353-2993125d468e\/abbe-gty-er-250502_1746204370696_hpMain.jpg?w=1500 2x\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"nMMea bNYiy Mjgpa dGwha DDmxa jgKNG RGHCC aBIU PriDW lZur \" data-testid=\"prism-caption\">\n<p><span class=\"hsDdd OOSI GpQCA lZur VlFaz \" data-testid=\"prism-truncate\"><span><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ \">Attorney Abbe Lowell and U.S. President Joe Biden&#8217;s son Hunter Biden arrive to speak to reporters outside the Capitol, Dec. 13, 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ YNujN JGtjI aZFDu rkKLh \">Drew Angerer\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Lowell, formerly a partner at Winston <!-- -->&amp; Strawn, is joined at the firm by another attorney who has pushed back on the executive orders targeting big law. Brenna Trout Frey went viral on social media for resigning from the high-profile law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher <!-- -->&amp; Flom after it struck a $100 million dollar deal with Trump to avoid being targeted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;We are not here to make statements, we are here to litigate, win, and help reinforce the legal guardrails that hold our democracy together,&#8221; said Trout Frey of the new firm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Lowell is also joined by attorney David Kolansky, who worked alongside Lowell for years in his representation of Hunter Biden and of Matthew Grimes, who was charged and later acquitted alongside longtime Trump ally and friend <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-ally-tom-barrack-found-guilty-foreign-lobbying\/story?id=92668480\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Barrack<\/a>, now Trump&#8217;s ambassador to Turkey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Hunter Biden was convicted in 2024 on three federal gun-related charges and pleaded guilty to unrelated tax charges, before he was <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/president-joe-biden-pardons-son-hunter-biden\/story?id=116358693\" target=\"_blank\">pardoned by his father<\/a>, then-President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three months after President Donald Trump returned to office and began issuing a series of executive orders against organizations and law firms whose actions have opposed him, a longtime Washington, D.C., attorney is launching a new firm that aims in part to represent those who he says have been &#8220;unlawfully and inappropriately targeted&#8221; by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8265,"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8263\/revisions\/8265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}