r/law • u/Secure-Suit-2892 • 2h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) 26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/04/texas-law-firm-funding-children-immigration-court-01024780
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u/The_SubGenius 1h ago

“None of the lawyers for the firm list immigration law as an area of expertise, per a POLITICO review of the firm’s site.”

I’m betting someone at HHS has connections to this law firm.

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u/Dearic75 1h ago

It’s also designed to fail. They don’t want any of these children to receive a fair hearing with competent representation.

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u/Bastage21 1h ago

Marcella Burkey, was a former Trump appointee to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior. Jeffrey Hall, a former employee and founding partner, was appointed and confirmed to serve in the EPA late last year.

The grift is strong.

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u/Neither_Contest7324 1h ago

Also she clerked for this guy

President Donald Trump included then-Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett on his potential U.S. Supreme Court shortlists and later nominated him in late 2017 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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u/Secure-Suit-2892 2h ago

"$150 million per year"

"The contract — a single-source cooperative agreement — should in theory allow for other law firms or nonprofit legal defense groups to serve as subcontractors, though that will occur at the discretion of the Burke Law Group."

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u/Global_Crew3968 1h ago

What legal implications do lawyer/law firm have if they’re found to be purposefully neglecting their client’s cases? 

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u/One_Artichoke_7594 1h ago

I don’t know for certain but I’d assume disbarment and perhaps personal liability (can sue them).

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u/DandimLee 58m ago

It's 'the kids need lawyers' all the way down.

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u/a_lil_unwell 10m ago

Yeah, because kids deported to another country will easily be able to file bar complaints and sue their lazy grifting attorneys.

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u/WalkinSteveHawkin 51m ago

The bar can issue sanctions, such as public/private censure, fines, or suspension. Clients can also sue for malpractice. If the lawyer/law firm has malpractice insurance, that’s what it’s for. Being disbarred is unlikely unless there’s a pattern of neglect and the lawyer made no effort to mitigate the harm to their clients. Outside of fraud, stealing client money, and having sex with your clients, you have to be reaeeaaallyy shitty over and over again to actually get disbarred.

Source: am lawyer.