As the US Department of Justice (DoJ) sees further exits as the Trump administration moves in, Linklaters has hired former principal associate deputy attorney general Matt Axelrod as a partner in its Washington DC office.
Axelrod (pictured) was a senior member of the DoJ’s leadership team, advising former attorney general Sally Yates prior to her sacking by President Donald Trump. Trump fired Yates on 30 January after she told DoJ lawyers not to defend the executive order banning US entry for people from seven Muslim-majority countries.
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