{"id":2533692,"date":"2026-01-12T14:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smith-opens-law-firm-with-former-doj-lawyers-who-worked-on-jan-6-cases\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:03:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:03:03","slug":"smith-opens-law-firm-with-former-doj-lawyers-who-worked-on-jan-6-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smith-opens-law-firm-with-former-doj-lawyers-who-worked-on-jan-6-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith\u00a0opens\u00a0law firm with former DOJ lawyers who worked on Jan. 6 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsmith-opens-law-firm-with-former-doj-lawyers-who-worked-on-jan-6-cases%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2533692&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former special counsel Jack Smith has launched a new law firm, Heaphy, Smith, Harbach &#038; Windom, teaming with former DOJ and jan. 6 investigators to focus on investigations and white-collar crime. The founders &#8211; Smith, Tim Heaphy, Brandon Harbach and another partner, Windom &#8211; where key figures in high-profile probes: Smith led the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-mueller-to-teach-course-on-his-trump-investigation\/\" title=\"Robert Mueller to Teach Course on His Trump Investigation\">special counsel investigations<\/a> into President Trump&#8217;s alleged 2020 election interference and mishandling of classified material; Windom helped lead the election-interference team; Harbach prosecuted the classified-documents case; Heaphy served as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-nominee-worked-with-hunter-biden-at-law-firm-tied-to-ukrainian-energy-giant\/\" title=\"... Nominee Worked with Hunter Biden at ... Tied To Ukrainian Energy Giant\">chief investigative counsel<\/a> to the House Jan. 6 Committee. The firm says it does not intend to pursue partisan litigation despite likely perceptions that it will be &#8220;anti\u2011Trump,&#8221; and officials saeid they&#8217;ll defend themselves and clients if targeted by reprisals such as security-clearance actions. The move also reflects limited hiring opportunities for lawyers tied to politically charged investigations, prompting these experienced government attorneys to form a private practice.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jack Smith&nbsp;opens&nbsp;law firm with former DOJ lawyers who worked on Jan. 6 cases<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2464206\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former special prosecutor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jack-smith\/\">Jack Smith<\/a> opened a law firm with attorneys who worked on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\">Jan. 6<\/a> cases, his first major career move after stepping down as special counsel.<\/p>\n<p>Heaphy, Smith, Harbach, &amp; Windom, as the firm is called, will focus on investigations and white-collar crime. Despite the reputation of the founders for being liberal heavyweights, with Smith at the center of one of the most polarizing prosecutions in modern U.S. history, they say they aren&rsquo;t looking to continue down that route.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4414568\/bongino-podcast-return-february-amid-war-anti-trump-black-pillers\/\">Bongino makes podcast return in February amid war with anti-Trump &#8216;black-pillers&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4414287\/powell-defends-record-video-statement-after-criminal-inquiry-drops\/\">Powell defends his record in video statement after DOJ criminal inquiry drops<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4414264\/doj-criminal-investigation-jerome-powell\/\">DOJ launches criminal investigation into Jerome Powell<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;This will be potentially perceived in the market as an anti-Trump effort, given that all of us have worked on investigations of the current president,&rdquo; co-founder Tim Heaphy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/business-and-practice\/jack-smiths-new-venture-shuns-label-as-anti-trump-attack-dog\">told<\/a> <em>Bloomberg Law<\/em>. &ldquo;But that isn&rsquo;t the animating principle of the firm.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While the focus of the firm won&rsquo;t be on Trump or defending liberal causes, the firm indicated it had no problem vigorously defending itself and other clients from Trump&rsquo;s wrath.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The law firms that have resisted efforts to take security clearances or take other actions have largely been successful,&rdquo; Heaphy said. &ldquo;If that happens to us, we&rsquo;ll be prepared to defend ourselves just as we vigorously defend our clients, and I think we&rsquo;d have a lot of allies in that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have all been through very difficult circumstances as part of our investigations,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;We look forward to applying experience and the principles that we&rsquo;ve developed over the course of our careers, not just in government, but at private law firms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Smith became one of the most well-known U.S. lawyers in 2023 when he was assigned by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate President Donald Trump&rsquo;s alleged interference in the 2020 election and mishandling of classified information. The investigations were dropped after Trump took office.<\/p>\n<p>Windom helped lead Smith&rsquo;s special counsel team investigating Trump&rsquo;s alleged election interference, Harbach prosecuted the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mishandled classified documents case<\/a>, and Heaphy was the chief investigative counsel to the House Democrat-led Jan. 6 Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4409105\/pardoned-jan-6-retribution-capitol-march\/\">PARDONED JAN. 6 PARTICIPANTS DEMAND &lsquo;RETRIBUTION&rsquo; IN FIRST COMMEMORATIVE MARCH ON CAPITOL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Outside of coordinating high-level liberal talent in a single law firm, the creation could also be a matter of poor job prospects elsewhere, as attorney hiring has been clogged up due to Trump&rsquo;s DOJ shakedown.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I never got the cold shoulder from any firm because of my work,&rdquo; Harbach said. &ldquo;However, it may have been a factor in the relative difficulty of getting on at a law firm compared to when I got back from the Hague,&rdquo; where he was working with Smith, Harbach said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Smith starts firm with ex-DOJ Jan. 6 lawyers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2533693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25351556850345.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[70705,32087,33074,36548,70706],"class_list":["post-2533692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-former-doj","tag-jan-6","tag-law-firm","tag-legal-defense","tag-political-law"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25351556850345.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2533692"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2533696,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533692\/revisions\/2533696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2533693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2533692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2533692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2533692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}