Executive Order 14237

Addressing Risks from Paul Weiss

Signed 2025-03-14 permanently enjoined
Law & Justice Litigation

Second law-firm EO. Notable because it was later revoked by EO 14244 after the firm agreed to provide approximately $40 million in pro bono legal services to administration-aligned causes.

Section by Section

What each section does, and how they differ.

Sec. 1 Background

Law firm Paul Weiss has engaged in conduct undermining judicial process and American principles, including pro bono suits against January 6 participants and employment of attorney Mark Pomerantz (who worked on a Manhattan prosecution against the President). Paul Weiss discriminates against employees on the basis of race and other protected categories.

Sec. 2 Security Clearance Review

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

Sec. 3 Contracting

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

Sec. 4 Racial Discrimination

Preserves action authorized by Executive Order 14230 regarding racial discrimination enforcement.

Sec. 5 Personnel

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

Sec. 6 General Provisions

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

Linked Court Cases (10)

Perkins Coie v. DOJ 25-5241

Perkins Coie v. DOJ

Jenner & Block LLP v. DOJ 25-5265

Jenner & Block v. DOJ

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. v. Executive Office of the President 1:25-cv-00917

WilmerHale v. EOP

Susman Godfrey LLP v. Executive Office of the President 1:25-cv-01107

Susman Godfrey v. EOP

American Bar Association v. Executive Office of the President 1:25-cv-01888

ABA v. Trump (all permanently enjoined; consolidated D.C. Circuit appeal, oral arg. May 14, 2026)

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