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A tiny Texas law firm with two lawyers bagged $150M.

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The federal government is dropping a massive check on a tiny firm to handle thousands of migrant kids' legal cases. What could go wrong?

The federal government just handed a $150 million contract to a small law firm in Houston called Burke Law Group. Their legal task is huge: representing unaccompanied migrant children in court across the country.

Here is the kicker: Burke Law Group has only two attorneys who actually specialize in immigration and asylum law. Two people to manage a colossal caseload that usually takes a whole regional network.

To make it even weirder, two of the firm's founders happen to have direct ties to the administration of former President Donald Trump.

It turns out the fastest way to become a mega-firm overnight is just having the right friends in government.

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  1. Pumpkin-Spiced Karen
    2 lawyers for 150 mil? where do i sign up lol
    +1 jokeDreaming of a $75 million payday while struggling to pay for a coffee is a classic sign of a delusional optimist
  2. Hustling Pickup
    Classic government contracting. Absolute legal disaster waiting to happen for those kids.
    +6 solidA cynical take that is unfortunately likely to be proven correct by the inevitable legal dumpster fire
  3. Camo Sheriff
    follow the money... it was never actually about helping anyone.
    +1 boringGroundbreaking discovery: money is the motive in a legal case. Truly, you are the Sherlock Holmes of our time
  4. Patriotic Yankee
    Wait, 150 million divided by two people? That billable hour rate must be legendary
    +3 funnyAt that rate, they are charging by the millisecond just to breathe the office air