Sally Yates Returns To Private Practice -- Not Politics -- After Being Fired By Trump

At her new Biglaw firm, she'll be handling situations where 'the allegations are egregious and the public and press are involved.'

onMay 8, 2018 at 2:27 PMMay 9, 2018 at 11:12 PM

Sally Yates (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

I’ve spent the last 27 years of my life in public service, but I’ve never felt drawn to public office. What I really miss is being a practicing lawyer. I know other people sort of have political ambitions for me — but for me, I’m a lawyer. … I wanted to get back to some of the day-to-day practice of law.

— Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, who was fired after just 10 days in that position for refusing to enforce President Trump’s travel ban, commenting on her return to private practice. Yates will be a partner at King & Spalding, the firm where she started her career, and while there, she’ll be the head of the firm’s new investigations practice, handling situations where “the allegations are egregious and the public and press are involved.”

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