Bloomberg Law
Oct. 25, 2016, 10:01 PM UTC

Ted Boutrous on ‘The Most Litigious Presidential Candidate’

Casey Sullivan

Ted Boutrous’s Twitter feed is blowing up.

Recently, the California lawyer caught the media’s eye in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s litigation threats against The New York Times and women who have accused him of sexual assault.

Just over the weekend, Trump vowed to sue the women (there have been at least 14) who said Trump made unwanted advances.

On Saturday, Boutrous tweeted that he would represent, pro bono, anyone Trump sues “for exercising their free speech rights.” Soon, others in the legal community joined in, pledging the same support, including Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of University of California Irvine School of ...

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