TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 23, 2014

BakerHostetler is no longer representing House Republicans in their suit alleging President Barack Obama overstepped his powers by using executive actions to revise the health care law, the ABA Journal reports. The new firm handling the case is Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. The lead lawyer will be William Burck, who is co-head of Quinn Emanuel’s Washington, D.C., office. Some suspect that BakerHostetler’s David Rivkin withdrew from the case amid fears it could drive away other clients. Several weeks ago a late night comedy show featured a parody commercial for the firm.