"Servants of the Damned" – my book investigating the awesome and often-corrosive power that giant law firms secretly wield over our politics, economy and society – is being published today.
I think it's an important book. A short 🧵 on why I wrote it. https://t.co/m1kY4CvwQw
One month before Russia invaded Ukraine, I stood trial at the High Court. And now I wait, in purgatory, to be judged.
But I believe this trial and the silence around it - & all the Kremlin's men - has revealed something profoundly rotten at the heart of the British state.
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SERVANTS OF THE DAMNED largely focuses on @JonesDay, whose clients include the Trump campaign, Russian oligarchs and Purdue Pharma.
I was shocked by some of what I learned about the firm via internal documents and interviews with whistleblowing employees.
Here’s a description:
The Jones Day law firm represented Big Tobacco. They even represented the Bin Laden family. But now some lawyers at the firm claim they're uncomfortable representing Trump.
Yet they're still taking that $4 million Trump's people have paid them this year.
https://t.co/GZEb7420WK
Amazing what still goes on behind the scenes of #biglaw. Jones Day settles bias suit by fired paralegal who claimed she was given more work than white colleagues https://t.co/ccbb1wdCCa via @ABAJournal
SERVANTS OF THE DAMNED largely focuses on @JonesDay, whose clients include the Trump campaign, Russian oligarchs and Purdue Pharma.
I was shocked by some of what I learned about the firm via internal documents and interviews with whistleblowing employees.
Here’s a description:
I’m thrilled to reveal my forthcoming book. It’s a years-long investigation of the corrosive power of giant law firms and their roles protecting dangerous companies and eroding democracy.
SERVANTS OF THE DAMNED will be published Sept. 13. Preorder here: https://t.co/m1kY4CvwQw
The Bush Family’s Project Hammer
02/07/10 -transaction was biggest in Russian corporate history and managed by Vladimir Lechtman, Moscow partner for Jones Day global law firm.
https://t.co/RBBTe50Leq
Jones Day's tentacles touch many of the world's most controversial companies and causes – from Big Tobacco and Purdue Pharma to the Trump campaign and restrictions on voting rights.
My book on the firm – and the corruption of the legal industry – comes out in Sept. Stay tuned.
Steve Brogan opened the Moscow office shortly after becoming Jones Day's leader. He said at the time: "Economic growth of this magnitude, combined with Russia’s emergence as a major global energy play, makes it an important market for our clients and, therefore, for us."
For those tracking the enablers of Russia's oligarch class, @JonesDay – the Trump campaign's law firm – is a key puzzle piece.
The firm opened a Moscow office in 2004. It was run by Vladimir Lechtman, whose clients included Alfa Group and Rosneft. https://t.co/4i53JjzY8k