WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement this morning resigned from King & Spalding to protest the firm’s decision to withdraw from the defense of a federal law that prohibits the recognition of same-sex couples.
Mr. Clement said he will continue working on the litigation on behalf of U.S. House Republicans from Bancroft, a small Washington, D.C., litigation firm. In a two-page letter to King & Spalding’s chairman, Robert Hays Jr., Mr. Clement, who was the firm’s lead attorney on the case, pointedly disagreed with the firm’s handling of the matter.
Organizations that advocate for gays and lesbians, most prominently the Human Rights Campaign based in Washington, have harshly criticized the firm’s involvement as an advocate of the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act and promised to target the firm’s clients and recruits. The groups had called a news conference for tomorrow morning in Atlanta, where the law firm is based.
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