Robert Bennett's Leaving Hogan Lovells for DC Boutique Schertler & Onorato
Bennett said he wants to try more cases and represent more individuals before retiring.
May 22, 2018 at 01:57 PM
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Robert Bennett. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi / NLJ Hogan Lovells partner Robert Bennett, whose clients have included former President Bill Clinton, is leaving the firm to join Washington, D.C.-based Schertler & Onorato.
Bennett, who represented Clinton in Paula Jones' civil lawsuit, will join the firm as senior counsel starting on June 1.
“Before I retire, I want to try some more cases, and they are a go-to firm for litigation,” Bennett said. “And I want to represent more individuals. Big firms generally represent the companies—but I want to represent more individuals. So that's really the simple answer.”
“That's why I came into the law; that's how I want to leave the law,” he added.
Bennett left Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom for Hogan Lovells in 2009.
Bennett made headlines earlier this year after declining offers to represent President Donald Trump in federal investigations into whether his campaign coordinated with the Russians in the 2016 election.
Schertler & Onorato, a boutique that mostly handles white collar criminal cases, represented Keith Schiller, Trump's former longtime bodyguard, as of April.
“Mr. Bennett is a legendary leader of the white collar defense bar who brings deep and diverse experience, astute judgment, and renowned advocacy skills to Schertler & Onorato's robust white collar defense and government investigations practice,” firm partners David Schertler and Danny Onorato said in a press release.
Hogan Lovells said in a statement that ”We wish Bob nothing but the best.”
Former Hogan Lovells partner Ty Cobb left the firm last July to represent Trump and the White House in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
In March, Bennett told Politico of Cobb's representation of Trump and the White House: “I hope my friend Ty Cobb will leave the team. He's not helping himself or his reputation.”
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