Especially if he says that.

Here's the thing, at firms like this, the prestige of being a partner at a firm that's been around since 1792 is a primary reason for being there. The money is secondary. And being known as the partners that destroyed the oldest firm in NYC, is a dishonor none of them want to be known for. It's what they'll be remembered for, not anything else they've done.

yea MS and disney both dropped them, or another firm that immediately rolled over for trump this year.

What I don't get is everybody knows this about him. Yet supposedly intelligent lawyers still getting to bed with him. Why?

I think "the price" is some sort of loss of prestige from it's feeder schools and cultural capital after offering pro bono work to Trump. I know they lost a bunch of their top associates (really good ones too, apparently) but I heard from a friend who goes to Princeton that a lot of the law students didn't even want to article there anymore. I'm assuming it's the same for other big law schools, especially Harvard Law after Trump basically put a target on their backs.

Cadwalader is like the oldest law firm in NYC, the "Taft" in the name comes from President Taft's brother Henry Taft. From what I understand from my friend (and her associates), it's actually crazy that they're merging with another legal entity.