The Paul, Weiss Litigation Department is led by a team of the country’s most accomplished trial lawyers. Our litigators handle the most complex and demanding lawsuits, class actions, government investigations, criminal prosecutions and restructurings. Our clients include Fortune 50 corporations and other prominent companies in the financial services, investment, medical device, pharmaceutical, sports, technology, energy, media and insurance industries. Every day, we are called on by chief executives, board chairs, general counsel, investors and entrepreneurs for our unmatched trial skills, sophisticated business judgment and renowned strategic advice.
Secretary Johnson Publishes Op-Ed in Bloomberg Law on 20th Anniversary of 9/11
September 9, 2021
Litigation partner Jeh Johnson wrote an op-ed, “Remembering 9/11 Like It Was Yesterday,” published in Bloomberg Law. In the op-ed, Secretary Johnson offers a personal reflection of his memories of September 11, 2001, as he watched the Twin Towers collapse from the Paul, Weiss New York offices. He also reflects on his rededication to public service as President Obama’s Secretary of Homeland Security following the tragedy.
Secretary Johnson discusses how, on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, foreign-based terrorism is no longer the principal threat to our homeland—instead, terrorist acts carried out by domestic-based extremists now outpace those committed by foreign terrorists. Additionally, Americans’ attitudes toward COVID-19 have broken down along partisan lines, resulting in a new surge in deaths almost entirely among the unvaccinated.
He encourages our government and the American people to stay one step ahead of the evolving divisions within our country. “On this 20th anniversary, my wish for our nation is that the American people rededicate themselves to our national interests. Our survival as a great nation depends on this,” Secretary Johnson says.