Overview
- Reporting on Sunday showed the five-partner team assembled last year has dwindled to a single partner, Robert Giuffra Jr.
- Giuffra is expected to lead near-term filings in at least three high-profile matters, including the Manhattan 'hush money' criminal-appeal docket and the New York AG's civil fraud appeal.
- Four senior partners left since April for rival firms or for Trump-appointed government and judicial posts, shrinking the original group of Supreme Court clerks and an acting solicitor general.
- The firm told an anonymous insider it plans to add partners within about two weeks to meet an Aug. 26 civil-fraud brief deadline and an October criminal-appeal filing.
- The shifts raise capacity and reputational questions for Sullivan & Cromwell because one partner carrying multiple major appeals is unusual and may affect how those defenses are staffed and argued.