Servants of the damned: the dark side of american law - david enrich

National Bestseller A powerful and important picture of how mega law firms distort justice.

--David Cay Johnston, Washington Post The NYTs 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 worlds 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 worlds largest law firms.

Jones Days 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 Trumps 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 firms checkered history.

Jones Day, like many of its peers, have become highly effective enablers of the business worlds 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 e.