Perkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice – Complaint

Key Excerpts

• The [Executive] Order is an affront to the Constitution and our adversarial system of justice. Its plain purpose is to bully those who advocate points of view that the President perceives as adverse to the views of his Administration. 
• The firm is comprised of lawyers who advocate for clients; its attorneys and employees are not activists or partisans. But Perkins Coie's ability to represent the interests of its clients—and its ability to operate as a legal-services business at all—are under direct and imminent threat.
• Perkins Coie cannot allow its clients to be bullied.
• The firm is committed to a resolute defense of the rule of law, without regard to party or ideology.