One thing the Biden and Trump camps seem to agree on: This election could be history’s most litigated. Though both campaigns have assembled big teams, here’s a look at each side’s legal leaders.
| Dana Remus | Matthew Morgan | |
|---|---|---|
| Campaign | Biden/Harris | Trump/Pence |
| Law school | Yale, class of 2002 | Indiana University, class of 2008 |
| Early DC gig | Clerking for Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito in 2008. It appears to have been a good experience: In 2013, she cowrote a letter to the editor in the Post defending Alito after a negative Dana Milbank column. | A three-month internship for one-term Indiana congressman Brian Kerns in 2002. |
| Path to 2020 | A former associate at Cravath and UNC Law professor, Remus was a deputy counsel in the Barack Obama White House, then general counsel to the Obama Foundation and Obama’s personal office, before joining the Biden campaign. | Morgan was a lawyer for Mike Pence’s gubernatorial campaign and a lawyer and lobbyist at Barnes & Thornburg for Indiana’s federal interests. In the Trump administration, he’s been deputy counsel, counsel, and deputy chief of staff to Pence and a deputy assistant to Trump. |
| Working with | The team includes Obama’s former White House counsel Bob Bauer, former US attorney general Eric Holder Jr., and Perkins Coie chairman Marc Elias. | Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi, among others. |
| Previously made news when | Obama officiated her wedding to Brett Holmgren, another Obama White House alum, at District Winery in 2018. | He sent a letter to House Democrats during the impeachment alerting them that Pence wouldn’t turn over documents. |
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Marisa M. Kashino joined Washingtonian in 2009 and was a senior editor until 2022.
