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.

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

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.

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 &

Trump appeals his New York hush money conviction, hiring a new legal team from Sullivan and Cromwell as his former attorneys join his administration.

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.

"President Donald J. Trump hereby appeals to the First Department of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York from the judgment of conviction." The post ‘Appeals from each and every part’: Trump and new legal team move to undo hush-money convictions first appeared on Law & Crime.

President Donald Trump's legal team filed a notice of appeal on his conviction in the Manhattan case that found him guilty in May 2024 of falsifying business records.

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.

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.

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 president, his legal team said Wednesday.