Fears that competitors could take its top rainmaking talent added to the law firm’s worries about a Trump executive order that targeted it.

The executive order put the firm at risk of a catastrophic ‘partner run’ and a death spiral.

In 2023, it was ranked as the 45th largest law firm in the country which generated nearly $1.5 billion in revenue, according to The American Lawyer.A White House fact sheet about the order accused WilmerHale of "rewarding" former FBI Director Robert Mueller and two colleagues with positions at the firm for what it called "a partisan 'investigation' against the President and others.

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Thursday targeting law firm WilmerHale, one of a handful of major firms the president has taken aim at that have connections to his legal or political adversaries.

A law firm filed suit against the Trump administration seeking to block an executive order signed last week that targeted its attorneys' security clearances.

The law firm Jenner & Block sued the U.S. government on Friday, after President Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending security clearances for its lawyers and restricting access to government buildings,

President Trump has targeted big law firms that he claims have “weaponized” the legal system. On Friday, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale fought back in court.

A prominent Washington law firm targeted by President Donald Trump has sued to block an executive order that threatens its federal contracts and the security clearances of its employees. Jenner & Block said Friday that the executive order is unconstitutional and that it expects to “prevail quickly.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing agencies to suspend the security clearances and access to federal buildings of lawyers from the law firm Wilmer Hale.