Between the end of 2024 and March 2026, the federal government reportedly lost roughly 17 percent of its civilian lawyers
Trump's upheaval of the federal government has led to an exodus of more than 10,000 lawyers since the beginning of 2025 -- a striking loss of legal talent. Roughly one in five lawyers who worked in the government at the end of 2024 had left by March of this year.
-- Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 12:26 PM · Jun 1, 2026
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There's also the matter of "Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 11" (www.law.cornell.edu), which could be a real career killer.
By presenting to the court a pleading, written motion, or other paper"whether by signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating it"an attorney or unrepresented party certifies that to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances:
(1) it is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass, cause unnecessary delay, or needlessly increase the cost of litigation;
(2) the claims, defenses, and other legal contentions are warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for extending, modifying, or reversing existing law or for establishing new law;
(3) the factual contentions have evidentiary support or, if specifically so identified, will likely have evidentiary support after a reasonable opportunity for further investigation or discovery; and
(4) the denials of factual contentions are warranted on the evidence or, if specifically so identified, are reasonably based on belief or a lack of information.
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