There is nothing unethical about Stimson’s comments. In fact, he was serving a public interest by shining a light on those law firms that are representing the enemy. Why shouldn’t the public, and more particularly the consumer of legal services, know about the judgments of the lawyers they hire or might hire? These law firms are business entities. If Wal-Mart was selling GPS units to enemies of our country, I’d want to know about it. Apart from it being illegal, it would hurt their bottom line. The reason these lawyers and law firms are so upset has nothing to do with some kind of high principle.

They don’t want to lose millions in fees paid to them by individuals and organizations that might find their representation of the enemy offensive and take their business elsewhere.