Jones Day has hired Brett Shumate, a former top Department of Justice lawyer known for defending the Trump administration in some of its most controversial cases.
Based in Washington, Shumate was formerly a deputy assistant attorney general in the DOJ’s civil division. He joined the government in 2017 from the partnership of Wiley Rein.
Shumate’s courtroom work included defending the Trump administration in an Emoluments Clause claim involving the president’s Washington hotel.
He also argued that Obamacare was unconstitutional and told a Brooklyn federal judge that the government would not extend a deadline regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ...
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