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In unexpected news to legal nerds everywhere, there has been a major shakeup in the makeup of Kirkland & Ellis over the Second Amendment. Paul Clement’s work moves just have a way of being newsworthy, don’t they?

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"Paul and Erin have been valued colleagues,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “We wish them the best of luck in the future and we look forward to collaborating with them in the future in matters not involving the Second Amendment.”

— Alison Frankel (@AlisonFrankel) June 23, 2022

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For those of you who aren’t in the legal know, this metaphor may help you get how massive this is.

Tom Brady of gun lawyers leaves top law firm https://t.co/HCZiWSnnl1

— Spencer Smith (@spencer429) June 23, 2022

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That not doing it? Try these on for size. This is like:

• Wu-Tang becoming something to mess with.
• Left Twix tasting different from Right Twix.
• The right to gun ownership being in relationship to the requirements of a well-regulated militia.

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Joe has made the point in the past that the “everyone deserves a lawyer” argument is going out of vogue. Sure, everybody wants to be filthy rich — like so filthy rich you have to put shoe coverings on before you walk about the house — but in a woke culture like ours, firms need to consider their branding in addition to their practice. Being associated with school shootings, far beyond being unethical, may impact the bottom line, after all! While it’s anyone’s guess if this falling out was fundamentally about morals or money, it definitely looks like Kirkland decided making bazillions doing private equity is preferable to constantly getting written up in the media as the NRA Hypebeasts trying to make murdering schoolchildren easier.

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.

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