Mark Zaid, member of CERL’s Executive Board, is quoted in reporting by Ashleigh Fields of The Hill discussing the departure of four partners from Paul Weiss after the firm struck a deal with President Trump to avoid the restrictions laid out in a March 2025 executive order.

Mark S. Zaid, Esq., is a Washington, D.C. based attorney who specializes in crisis management and innovatively handling simple and complex administrative and litigation matters primarily relating to national security, international law, foreign sovereign and diplomatic immunity, and the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts. He is a member of CERL’s Executive Board. Read his bio here. 

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