President Donald Trump announced deals Friday with five law firms that will allow them to avoid the prospect of punishing executive orders and require them to together provide hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of free legal services for causes his administration says it supports.

Jenner & Block and WilmerHale are seeking summary judgments against what one of them called “a plain violation of the First Amendment.”

Trump escalated his targeting of Big Law firms with new executive order Thursday revoking security clearance and contracts for WilmerHale.

In the escalating court battle between the Justice Department and major law firms over President Trump’s punitive executive orders, Chicago-based Jenner & Block is leading a counteroffensive.

President Trump has taken aim at law firms that he believes have wronged him. Here's how they've responded.

The order directs government agencies to terminate contracts with the law firm that "engages in activities detrimental to critical American interests." It also suspends Susman Godfrey employees from receiving security clearances to government buildings and directs agencies to refrain from hiring employees of the firm.

In the escalating court battle between the Justice Department and major law firms over President Donald Trump’s punitive executive orders, Chicago-based Jenner & Block is leading a counteroffensive on the front lines in a Washington federal court.

Steven Banks, who once ran New York’s social services department, said he wanted to return to helping the homeless. He leaves within weeks of the elite firm striking a deal with President Trump.

New Hampshire-based Shaheen & Gordon is among the more than 500 law firms now challenging President Trump’s recent executive orders attempting to block the business operations of a handful of prominent law firms who have done work for his political opponents.