National Bestseller A powerful and important picture of how mega law firms distort
justice.?David Cay Johnston Washington Post The NYT's Business Investigations Editor reveals
the dark side of American law: Delivering a devastating (Carol Leonnig) exposé of the
astonishing yet shadowy power wielded by the world's largest law firms David Enrich traces how
one firm shielded opioid makers gun companies big tobacco Russian oligarchs Fox News the
Catholic Church and much of the Fortune 500 helped Donald Trump get elected govern and
evade investigation masterminded the conservative remaking of the courts . . . and make a
killing along the way. In his acclaimed #1 bestseller Dark Towers David Enrich presented the
never-before-told saga of how Deutsche Bank became the global face of financial recklessness
and criminality. Now Enrich turns his eye towards the world of ?Big Law? and the nearly
unchecked influence these firms wield to shield the wealthy and powerful?and bury their
secrets. To tell this story Enrich focuses on Jones Day one of the world's largest law firms.
Jones Day's narrative arc?founded in Cleveland in 1893 it became the first law firm to expand
nationally and is now a global juggernaut with deep ties to corporate interests and
conservative politics?is a powerful encapsulation of the changes that have swept the legal
industry in recent decades. Since 2016 Jones Day has been in the spotlight for representing
Donald Trump and his campaigns (and now his PACs)?and for the fleet of Jones Day attorneys who
joined his administration including White House Counsel Don McGahn. Jones Day helped Trump
fend off the Mueller investigation and challenged Obamacare. Its once and future lawyers
defended Trump's Muslim ban and border policies and handled his judicial nominations. Jones Day
even laid some of the legal groundwork for Trump to challenge the legitimacy of the 2020
election. But the Trump work is but one chapter in the firm's checkered history. Jones Day
like many of its peers have become highly effective enablers of the business world's worst
misbehavior. The firm has for decades represented Big Tobacco in its fight to avoid liability
for its products. Jones Day worked tirelessly for the Catholic Church as it tried to minimize
its sexual-abuse scandals. And for Purdue Pharma the maker of OxyContin as it sought to
protect its right to make and market its dangerously addictive drug. And for Fox News as it
waged war against employees who were the victims of sexual harassment and retaliation. And for
Russian oligarchs as their companies sought to expand internationally. In this gripping and
revealing new work of narrative nonfiction Enrich makes the compelling central argument that
law firms like Jones Day play a crucial yet largely hidden role in enabling and protecting
powerful bad actors in our society housing their darkest secrets and earning billions in
revenue for themselves.
