Lawyers are reacting with shock after a white-shoe law firm officially joined the fight against an $83.3 million verdict writer E. Jean Carroll won against President Donald Trump. McDonald had served as a personal lawyer to Trump at Sullivan & Cromwell before the president nominated him to his current post, Politico reported. "Sullivan & Cromwell just tossed theirs in the trash." Sullivan & Cromwell has become a direct pipeline to top Justice Department posts, Politico reported. McDonald's predecessor at the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, was also a Sullivan & Cromwell alum.