Alina Habba's latest professional setback has handed her detractors plenty of material, and many of them could barely contain their delight.
The jabs started flying Tuesday after The New York Times reported that Concord Partners, a Florida company founded by the daughter of billionaire banker Julio Herrera Velutini, had fired Habba in a Nov. 4 letter citing a "failure to perform duties." Habba, a former lawyer for President Donald Trump, joined the company as general counsel in January, just weeks before Trump pardoned Herrera.
Habba, who now goes by Alina Habba Mildon, had inked a four-year deal worth $10 million a year, according to the Times. She'll still pocket the $6.5 million she was already paid along with an $8 million signing bonus, per the Times.
David Waldman, a contributing editor at Daily Kos, couldn't resist poking at the terms of the split.
"Well, if you sign a $50 million contract to hire a lawyer and then don't have to pay it when you fire her, you've really dodged a bullet!" he posted on Bluesky. "Two, I guess!"
"Pretty hilarious to be fired for non-performance of a no-show job, though," Waldman added in a follow-up post. He later quipped, "If you can beat your new lawyer in a breach of contract case, fire her!"
Adam Bonin, a Philadelphia election lawyer, cast the fallout in pro sports terms. "Sure, Alina Habba Mildon only keeps $14.5M from her $50M contract, but that dead cap hit is going to cripple the pardon grantee on the free agent market," he joked.
Others kept it short. Brian Finucane, a former State Department lawyer, offered a single word of mock sympathy. "Heartbreaking," he wrote. Justin Baragona, a media columnist for Zeteo, was blunter still. "Lol. lmao even," he posted.
Habba declined to comment to the Times on her firing, though a person close to her said she plans to take legal action. She previously denied playing any role in Herrera's pardon.
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