Joffe v. King & Spalding LLP

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:17-cv-03392

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Labor: E.R.I.S.A.

Judge:

Valerie E. Caproni

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  1. September 11, 2018

    Ex-King & Spalding Associate's Atty Let Out Of Firing Suit

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday let an attorney cease representing an ex-King & Spalding LLP associate the attorney has accused of dodging bills and refusing his advice on how to handle an unfair-termination suit against the firm.

  2. August 29, 2018

    King & Spalding, Ex-Associate Pushed To Settle Feud

    Manhattan U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni prodded former BigLaw senior associate David Joffe to try to settle his wrongful termination case against King & Spalding LLP Tuesday, warning him that he might also have to litigate a parallel fee spat with his current counsel if his case doesn't settle amicably.

  3. August 07, 2018

    Atty Says Ex-King & Spalding Lawyer Won't Settle With Firm

    A former King & Spalding LLP associate accusing the firm of firing him for reporting ethics violations is less willing to settle the case than he's let on, his attorney said Monday while pressing a bid for a lien on the associate, who the attorney claims has stopped paying legal bills and refuses to cut a deal.

  4. July 25, 2018

    Ex-King & Spalding Atty Rebukes Counsel's Reasons For Exit

    A former King & Spalding associate, who has accused the firm of firing him for reporting ethical violations, responded to his counsel's attempt to withdraw from the case by saying that their disagreement did not stem from unpaid legal bills, as his attorney claimed, and accusing the attorney of seeing him as "a walking dollar sign."

  5. July 16, 2018

    Ex-King & Spalding Atty's Counsel Seeks Exit Over Unpaid Bill

    An ex-King & Spalding LLP associate who says he was fired for reporting ethical red flags about partners in a case involving ZTE Corp. is refusing to pay his legal bills, his lawyer told a New York federal court on Friday.

  6. June 08, 2018

    King & Spalding To Face Trial In Ex-Associate's Firing Suit

    A New York federal judge on Friday denied King & Spalding LLP's bid to escape a former associate's retaliatory firing suit, picking apart the firm's defenses after it neglected her admonition to settle the suit at a hearing last month.

  7. May 22, 2018

    King & Spalding Draws Rebuke In Bid To Toss Firing Suit

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday rejected King & Spalding LLP's bid to escape allegations it fired an associate for raising ethical concerns about two partners, saying at a hearing she found it "incredibly hard" to buy the firm's stated reasons for terminating him.

  8. March 01, 2018

    Ex-King & Spalding Atty Says ERISA Claim Shouldn't Be Nixed

    A former King & Spalding LLP attorney told a New York federal judge that evidence the firm had presented last month isn’t enough to defeat his claim under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act in his wrongful termination suit.

  9. February 02, 2018

    Ex-King & Spalding Atty Says Firing Suit Should Go On

    A former King & Spalding LLP attorney pressed a New York federal judge Thursday to keep alive his wrongful termination suit, saying enough evidence exists for potential jurors to decide he was let go for making an internal complaint about two partners' ethical conduct.

  10. January 05, 2018

    King & Spalding Moves To Sink Ex-Associate's Suit

    King & Spalding LLP on Thursday asked a Manhattan federal judge to grant summary judgment in a dispute with a former attorney who has accused the firm of wrongful termination after he raised ethics concerns about two partners.

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