“The Trump Organization is not representing anyone and, with the exception of one of its California-based attorneys in her individual capacity facilitating the initial filing pending the pro hac admission of Mr. Rosen, the company has had no involvement in the matter,” the company said in a statement.
My thats some impressive legal gobblygook
Shorter version
We’re in up to our tits paying this woman who never had anything to do with Donald Trump 130k not to talk about the things that never happened
Trump had absolutely nothing to do with [insert subject of crime/scandal here].
With few exceptions.
What’s a little pro hac vice among co-conspirators?
“But there’s no better word than stupid.”
Martin told the Wall Street Journal that she was representing Cohen’s company, Essential Consulting, LLC, “in her individual capacity” until the main lawyer on the arbitration received permission to practice in California.
In retrospect, she probably should have taken off the red “MAGA” hat at the hearing.
I’m so old I can remember when it was wrong when John Edwards paid off a mistress. But iokiyar
If she were representing him in her individual capacity (and I’d want to see billing records to reflect that), wouldn’t that be a serious ethical breach without the permission of the third ostensible party to the agreement, who is also her employer?
If Clifford is sometimes Stormy but was never AKA Peggy Peterson and Trump has always been Trump not Dennison,how can this non-disclosure thing be legal?
So of all the attorneys in California, it just happens to be this one whose place of business is at One Trump National Drive, who was available to do this? For lunch money, you could hire a lawyer as a stand-in until out-of-state counsel got their required approval. And why not just hire a California law firm? This is how weird, sketchy family businesses operate.
Martin told the Wall Street Journal that she was representing Cohen’s company, Essential Consulting, LLC, “in her individual capacity” until the main lawyer on the arbitration received permission to practice in California.
Because clearly there are no lawyers in California EC could have hired to do that. California’s critical lawyer shortage is well-known. And that’s why an in-house lawyer for Trump’s front holding company had to be called in from NYC. She was the only lawyer with a licence to practice in California availible, so out of the the goodness of his heart, Donny Jr. authorized her to take a paid leave of absence and go represent this totally unrelated party in a matter Trump and the Trump organization have absolutely nothing to do with notwithstanding what the White House Press Secretary said.
This is all perfectly normal. And totally not a breach of her ethical duty not to tell lies about cases she’s involved in when dealing with third parties or tribunals.
These contortions make my head spin
Here’s a wild guess about the panic underlying the Stephanie Clifford contretemps. Fling fees in the prenup.
Well, isn’t Cohen the third party to the agreement? He set up the LLC, he was the one who signed the agreement and he was the one who provided the money for the payment.
Oh yeah…that’s all true, but then Cohen would have no legal basis to create or enforce a NDA that protects Trump and not himself. 
Although he didn’t sign, trump is listed (through an alias) as a party to the agreement. It seems that he keeps arguing that he is a party to it for purposes of enforcement against Daniel but not a party to it for purposes of any litigation against him. Which is nice work if you can get it.
Well, I had wondered, but when you explain it that way to me nc, makes perfect sense.
What blows my mind, is there are still people in the media calling it an “alleged affair”. Because its totally normal for a Presidential candidate to secretly draft NDAs with random women that he didn’t have an affair with, and give them 6 digit pay outs.
That’s why campaigns are so expensive, I suppose. 
Yeah, did the company pay her? The idea of doing pro bono work for millionaires don’t fly.
Don´t know why
There´s no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain´t together
Keeps raining all of the time
How in the hell is Mr. Mueller keeping all the impending indictments straight?
Colluding with Russia
Co-Mingling with Stormy