Meet the Justice Department Team That Won't Defend the Affordable Care Act
Three career U.S. Justice Department lawyers withdrew their names on a brief the government filed in Texas abandoning the defense of the Affordable Care Act. So who are the DOJ lawyers pressing the government's claims? Meet the legal team.
June 08, 2018 at 11:21 AM
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U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C. Photo Credit: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM defamation lawsuit ruled against Fairbanks signed the government's brief Jones Day was nominated to a seat Wiley Rein Sidley Austin withdrew their representation duty to defend federal statutes with exceptions federal law requires on this site sent a letter to Congress on Thursday Here are three things to know about the government's legal team in the ACA case. ➤➤ Mauler was a commercial litigator Redmon, Peyton & Braswell Hunton & Williams expressed interest in a vacancy ➤➤ In addition to the Cassandra Fairbanks case last year sued wrote in a court filing kept the suit alive ➤➤ Chad Readler, the acting head of DOJ's Civil Division, was among the many Jones Day lawyers who decamped Jody Hunt is awaiting confirmation where he defended defending Trump Read more: DOJ Civil Chief, 3 Former SCOTUS Clerks Among Latest Trump Court Picks Brett Shumate, Ex-Wiley Rein Partner, Leads DOJ's Defense of Basically Everything US Justice Department Has a Duty to Defend—Only When It Doesn't Justice Department, Divided Internally, Backed Colorado Baker Over Gay Couple Sotomayor Confronts DOJ's Francisco About Switched-Up Position in Ohio Voter Case
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