Trumpworld family ties aren't helping at the ballot box
Having family ties to members of the Trump administration doesn’t guarantee political success—just ask Brad Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, who suffered a crushing defeat Monday in the race to lead the D.C. Bar, signaling a major rejection of Trump-aligned candidates in the legal community.
Lawyers in Washington, D.C., overwhelmingly chose employment law attorney Diane Seltzer as the next bar president, with more than 90% of the 38,636 votes in her favor. Seltzer, principal of the Seltzer Law Firm, secured 34,982 votes to Bondi’s mere 3,490. She will take office on July 1.
The landslide victory is widely considered a rebuke of the Trump administration’s escalating conflict with lawyers, which has caused a rift among law firms across the country.
“Right now, we are in a time of governmental chaos, and our members don’t feel safe to practice law,” Seltzer said during a virtual debate with Bondi last month.
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