Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP

Law firm Perkins Coie hired Fusion GPS in 2016 to manufacture a false dossier designed to steal the election for Hillary Clinton. Perkins Coie has worked with activist donors to overturn election laws, courts have sanctioned its attorneys for lack of candor, and it racially discriminates in hiring and promotion through published percentage quotas.

Attorney General, Director of National Intelligence, and relevant agencies shall immediately suspend active security clearances held by Perkins Coie employees pending national interest review. OMB shall identify all Government goods, property, materials, and services provided to Perkins Coie and agencies shall cease such provision to extent permitted by law.

Requires Government contractors to disclose business with Perkins Coie. Agencies shall terminate Perkins Coie contracts to maximum extent permissible and review all contracts with Perkins Coie or entities doing business with Perkins Coie for alignment with Administration interests and national security. Agencies must submit assessments within 30 days.

EEOC Chair shall review large law firms for compliance with Title VII regarding reservation of positions by race, discriminatory promotion and client access, and discriminatory event access. Attorney General shall investigate large law firms doing business with Federal entities for race and sex discrimination compliance and take appropriate action.

Agencies shall limit official access to Federal buildings for Perkins Coie employees and restrict Government employees from engaging with Perkins Coie employees when inconsistent with national security. Agency officials shall refrain from hiring Perkins Coie employees absent agency head waiver in consultation with Office of Personnel Management.

Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.