Pam Bondi, Loses Election
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On this week’s episode of our podcast, On The Merits, Bloomberg Law reporters Tatyana Monnay and Sam Skolnik talk about the push to make bar associations great again.
Employment lawyer Diane Seltzer has defeated Paul Hastings partner Brad Bondi, the brother of the U.S. attorney general, to lead the District of Columbia Bar, in an election that garnered record turnout and drew national attention. According to the results announced Monday, about 90% of voters favored Seltzer.
President Donald Trump's allies made a dash to try and take over the Bar Association for Washington, D.C. — but the effort failed badly. In March, NBC News reported that two Trump allies were running for the D.
The brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi was overwhelmingly defeated in his bid to lead the DC bar association, after an unusually rancorous campaign revolving around speculation he would interfere with disciplinary proceedings against allies of President Donald Trump.