Dennis v. K&L Gates LLP et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:20-cv-09393

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

Mary Kay Vyskocil

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  1. August 12, 2022

    Ex-K&L Gates Atty's Cyberstalking Case Moves To Rakoff

    The Manhattan U.S. attorney's cyberstalking case against fired K&L Gates partner Willie Dennis was abruptly transferred to U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff on Friday with a scheduled September jury trial looming. 

  2. March 25, 2021

    K&L Gates Ex-Partner's Bias Suit Stayed For Arbitration

    A federal judge in Manhattan agreed Wednesday to pause a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by a former K&L Gates LLP partner after a D.C. judge's ruling forced him to arbitrate his dispute with the firm.

  3. November 20, 2020

    K&L Gates Calls Former Partner 'Serial Harasser'

    An ousted partner accusing K&L Gates LLP of race discrimination is a "serial harasser" who has peppered his former colleagues with vulgar messages that included telling a Jewish attorney to "start the ovens," the firm told a Manhattan federal judge Thursday as part of a bid to freeze the ex-partner's bias suit.

  4. November 10, 2020

    Atty Says K&L Gates Fired Him For Raising Bias Concerns

    K&L Gates LLP retaliated against a Black attorney who alleged the firm engaged in gender- and race-based discrimination by firing him after he worked there for over 13 years, the lawyer has alleged in a case in New York federal court in which he seeks at least $5 million in damages.