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When the manager department places their fingers on the scales of justice and says, ‘I’m going to punish you in your viewpoint,’ all people within the bar ought to begin heckling.
— Raymond J. Dowd, a companion at Dunnington Bartholow & Miller, in feedback given to Bloomberg Law, regarding the “fully spontaneous” second when he began heckling Brad Karp, chair of Paul Weiss, over the firm’s pro bono deal with Trump, eventually week’s New York Bar Basis gala. After the occasion, Karp known as Dowd to debate what occurred. “I appreciated him sharing his views,” Dowd mentioned. “He was not expressing rage or anger. I simply suppose he felt fairly blindsided, and I mentioned, ‘I felt precisely the identical means.’” Dowd went on to say that it’s his “honest hope” that his heckling brings about change. “I believe having a bigger dialogue on these points is essential for the long run well being of the authorized career,” he mentioned.
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