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The Trump administration sought to disqualify the Houston-founded trial firm from representing the ABA in litigation against the government on the ground it violates disciplinary rules.

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• A federal judge denied a Justice Department motion to disqualify Susman Godfrey from representing the American Bar Association in a lawsuit against the Trump administration.
• The ABA has sued the Trump administration over alleged intimidation tactics against law firms.
• The judge denied the DOJ motion that sought to disqualify the Houston-founded trial firm on the ground the firm's lawyers on the suit are not likely to be necessary witnesses in the underlying litigation.

A federal judge has denied the Trump administration's effort to disqualify trial firm Susman Godfrey from representing the American Bar Association in the bar group's lawsuit alleging the administration has intimidated law firms for constitutionally protected activities.

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