WilmerHale and Jenner & Block laid bare the existential risks Donald Trump’s orders pose as the law firms rushed into court to stop the president.

Partners of a San Francisco law firm that recently issued a statement condemning President Donald Trump’s attacks on the legal system called on lawyers to take action in an opinion piece published Sunday.

President Trump has issued executive orders targeting law firms that have employed his purported political opponents.

The president is using executive orders in an attempt to bleed lawyers who have displeased him — and some are choosing appeasement over courtroom battles.

The Department of Justice asked a judge on Friday to recuse herself from a case involving President Donald Trump‘s fight with the Democratic-aligned law firm Perkins Coie, alleging she has shown a “pattern of hostility” toward Trump that renders her incapable of being impartial.

President Donald Trump announced that the large law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom agreed to provide at least $100 million in pro bono legal services to the federal government during the Trump administration.

A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday rejected the Justice Department’s move to disqualify her from a suit over President Donald Trump’s executive order against law firm Perkins Coie.

A federal judge on Wednesday refused the Trump administration’s demand to step aside from overseeing Perkins Coie’s lawsuit challenging the president’s targeting of the major law firm. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said there is a “clear absence of any legitimate basis” for her recusal from the case,

The firm will provide the Trump administration with $100 million in pro bono services to avoid being targeted, the president said.