Judge Beryl Howell is now presiding over an emergency lawsuit surrounding President Donald Trump's order to review any current contracts that law group Perkins Coie has with federal agencies and consider terminating them.

The Trump administration was ordered to halt, at least temporarily, parts of its executive order punishing the law firm Perkins Coie.

I’m sure many in the legal profession are watching in horror" by what Perkins Coie is going through, the judge said Wednesday.