EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump has retained counsel from top law firm Sullivan & Cromwell to represent him in his ongoing appeal efforts in the case brought against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and New York Attorney General Letitia James,

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump has hired the elite white-shoe law firm Sullivan & Cromwell to appeal his criminal conviction in the Manhattan hush money case.

The involvement of Sullivan & Cromwell in the appeal of President Trump’s criminal conviction underscored how New York’s legal power players have moved toward Mr. Trump.

A top law firm is representing the president as he appeals his conviction in the one criminal case of his that went to trial before he won the 2024 presidential election.

President Donald Trump has appealed his New York hush money conviction, enlisting a new legal team from elite law firm Sullivan and Cromwell to lead the effort. A notice of appeal, dated Tuesday, marks the beginning of the appeals process for Trump’s 34-count felony conviction for falsifying business records in connection with a $130,

President Trump appealed his New York hush money criminal conviction and has brought on a new team of attorneys to represent him. The five-attorney team from elite law firm Sullivan &

President Donald Trump has appealed his conviction for covering up hush money payments to a porn star and appointed new lawyers to expunge the first conviction of a former

The formal notice of appeal was filed on Wednesday. Trump's new legal team includes Robert Giuffra, James McDonald, Morgan Ratner, Jeff Wall and Matthew Schwartz.

Trump has hired attorney Robert Giuffra Jr., who splits his time between Manhattan and Southampton, to help lead his appeal of his hush money conviction.

Matthew Friestedt, who led the executive compensation group at Sullivan & Cromwell, is joining rival firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as a partner, according to an internal Paul Weiss memo viewed by Reuters.

Trump has promised a more crypto-friendly administration. The present-elect named regulatory hawk and crypto advocate Paul Atkins as Gensler’s replacement, while former PayPal COO David Sacks rode a wave of conservative internet stardom to become the White House’s first AI and crypto czar.

Top white shoe law firm Sullivan & Cromwell will represent President Trump as he appeals his criminal hush money conviction in New York, according to court filings.