Meet Richard Lawson, the sole Justice Department lawyer taking on Big Law in court

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• One attorney has been defending President Donald Trump's war against Big Law in court.
• That's Richard Lawson, a Florida native who joined the Department of Justice earlier this year.
• Lawson's arguments for Trump's executive orders against law firms have so far been unsuccessful.

In President Donald Trump's war against Big Law, a veteran attorney is his chief frontline fighter.

The four major law firms that have decided...