SILVA v. CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON, LLP

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:14-cv-02192

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

Amy Berman Jackson

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  1. May 25, 2017

    Cleary Gottlieb Beats Ex-Atty's Amended Race Bias Suit

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP beat a former project attorney's suit alleging he was let go because of his race when a Washington, D.C., federal judge found Wednesday that he had failed to show he performed as well as or better than white colleagues kept on after work slowed down.

  2. March 30, 2016

    Ex-Cleary Gottlieb Atty Amends Race Bias Suit Against Firm

    A former Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP contract attorney filed an amended complaint in his racial discrimination case against the firm in D.C. federal court Tuesday, despite objections that the updated lawsuit does nothing to cure flaws in the original.

  3. March 01, 2016

    Cleary Gottlieb Calls Bias Suit Shaky Without Race Claim

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP told a District of Columbia federal court Monday that a former contract attorney's discrimination suit against the firm is even more tenuous since he dropped his racial bias claim, urging the court to toss the suit.

  4. May 20, 2015

    Cleary Gottlieb Must Face Race Bias Suit, Ex-Atty Says

    A former Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP contract attorney said in a filing made available on Tuesday that his racial discrimination suit against the firm should go forward, attacking the argument that his firing must not have been racist because another African-American contributed to the decision.

  5. April 09, 2015

    Cleary Gottlieb Says Racial Discrimination Suit Lacks Detail

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP on Wednesday sought to quash a black former contract attorney's racial discrimination suit in D.C. federal court, arguing the allegations were too bare-bones to survive and that another African-American contributed to the decision to let the lawyer go.

  6. December 23, 2014

    Cleary Gottlieb Racially Discriminated, Contract Lawyer Says

    A former contract attorney for Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP accused the firm Tuesday of discriminating against African-Americans and other minorities in selecting which attorneys are fired when work dries up, claiming in D.C. federal court that only white attorneys are kept on.

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