White House counsel Pat Cipollone. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALMPat Cipollone, Gene Scalia, Chris Landau & More: The Year in Financial Disclosures
A collection of our 2019 reporting on financial disclosures from Big Law partners who left such firms as Quinn Emanuel; King & Spalding; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Milbank; Kirkland & Ellis; and Sullivan & Cromwell.
December 26, 2019 at 11:17 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
Financial disclosure reports, mandatory filings for many high-level agency appointments and judicial nominees, offer an unfiltered peek at compensation schemes of many major U.S. law firms.
We've reported extensively on the movement of lawyers into—and out of—the Trump administration, and below are some of our most-read pieces from 2019 about Big Law partners who jumped to agencies and the courts.
The disclosures reveal income, client names and other compensation and benefits arrangements. The public filings provide some insight into matters a lawyer might not be able to touch at their new agency position or while on the bench.
➤➤ Chris Landau's Nominee Disclosure Shows $11M From Kirkland, $3M From Quinn Veteran appellate lawyer Christopher Landau, the Trump administration's pick for U.S. ambassador to Mexico, reported earning $3 million at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in his financial disclosure. Landau's financial disclosure was particularly noteworthy in the legal profession, given the scarcity of Quinn Emanuel lawyers who jumped to posts in the Trump administration.
➤➤ White House Counsel Pat Cipollone's Financial Disclosure Shows $6.7M Income Pat Cipollone, the Trump White House counsel and a longtime Washington lawyer, reported earning more than $6.7 million since 2017 at Stein, Mitchell, Cipollone, Beato & Missner as he advised such clients as President Donald Trump, Radio Ingraham LLC and Sony Entertainment, according to his financial disclosure. More reading: Ex-Big Law Attorneys Stock Trump White House Counsel's Office
Eugene Scalia testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee during his confirmation hearing for U.S. labor secretary. Credit: Diego M. Radzinschi / ALM
➤➤ Labor Appointee Eugene Scalia Earned $6.2M as Gibson Dunn Partner Eugene Scalia, President Donald Trump's appointee to replace Alex Acosta as Secretary of Labor, earned more than $6.2 million last year from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, his disclosure showed.
➤➤ Milbank Partner Up for Calif. District Court Seat Reports Firm Salary of $3+ Million The disclosure filed by Mark Scarsi, the managing partner of the law firm's Los Angeles office, offered a rare peek into partnership income at Milbank given the dearth of its lawyers who have jumped to the Trump administration.
➤➤ FBI Chief of Staff's King & Spalding Income Revealed in New Disclosure A former King & Spalding white-collar partner now serving as chief of staff to FBI Director Christopher Wray in Washington reported earning more than $4.8 million in income from the firm, a financial disclosure shows. Paul Murphy had been a King & Spalding partner in Atlanta since 2004 before he was named in June to succeed Zack Harmon in the chief's slot in Wray's front office. Wray and Harmon were both King & Spalding partners before leaving for the FBI.
➤➤ Inside Another Sullivan & Cromwell Financial Filing From a Trump Nominee Sullivan & Cromwell partner Michael DeSombre in Hong Kong, the Trump administration's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Thailand, reported earning more than $4 million from the firm, his disclosure showed.
➤➤ SEC Chairman Jay Clayton's Haul From Sullivan & Cromwell Inches Up (Another $1.7M) Two financial disclosures (here and here) from Jay Clayton, now chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, revealed income of more than $9 million since 2016 from the firm. The income fits the overall portrait of compensation schemes at Sullivan & Cromwell, one of the wealthiest Wall Street firms.
Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Credit: Diego M. Radzinschi / NLJ
➤➤ Kirkland's Bill Barr Reports $1.2M Firm Income on Disclosure for AG William Barr, the former Kirkland & Ellis of counsel who is now serving as U.S. attorney general, reported earning nearly $1.2 million from the firm since March 2017, according to his financial disclosure. More reading: Matthew Whitaker's Financial Disclosures Show CNN, Consulting Income
➤➤ Trump Court Pick Reveals $5M in Quinn Emanuel Partner Pay Since 2017 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Charles Eskridge III, nominated for the Texas federal trial bench, reported earning more than $5 million in partner compensation from the law firm since 2017.
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