Whether the feeling is a breath of fresh air or a sense of doom, change is in the air in Washington following Donald Trump's decisive election victory to re-take the White House.

By most accounts there will be policy shifts accompanied by strong disagreements, and that means one thing: more work for lawyers.

Trump's initial announcements on his choices for adminstrative positions portend coming controversy in Washington on a number of fronts. The president-elect's picks for top positions have been called "social vigilantes" who will "create a climate of fear and intimidation" according to Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin, remembered for playing a key role in Trump impeachment proceedings. The primary target of the new team promises to be any sense of "woke" policies in business and government.

Hugh Murry, chair of McCarter & English's labor and employment practice in Hartford, said one of the key battlegrounds will be at the National Labor Relations Board, particularly with the precedent set by President Joe Biden, who broke with tradition and fired NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb shortly after taking office. Current NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo will likely suffer the same fate. "The NLRB has become more and more partisan and political in recent years," Murray said. "It was always that to an extent, but now the pendulum swings going back and forth between each administration are higher. Biden fired Abruzzo on his first day in office, which was something new...

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