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. June 18, 2020

    Fired King & Spalding Atty Insists On In-Person Depositions

    If King & Spalding partner and former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein can "give hours of testimony" to Congress, two of the firm's ex-partners can sit for physical depositions in a wrongful termination suit, a fired King & Spalding associate told a New York federal court Thursday.

  2. June 04, 2020

    In-Person Deposition Bid Nixed In King & Spalding Firing Suit

    A former King & Spalding LLP associate pursuing a wrongful termination suit against the firm had his push to depose two ex-colleagues face-to-face rejected Thursday, when a New York federal judge said that COVID-19 made in-person meetings too dangerous. 

  3. March 18, 2020

    Coronavirus Concerns Delay Fired King & Spalding Atty's Trial

    An upcoming wrongful termination trial in New York pitting a former BigLaw associate against King & Spalding LLP has been shelved amid the coronavirus outbreak.

  4. March 05, 2020

    King & Spalding Says Fired Associate's Suit Doesn't Add Up

    King & Spalding LLP told a New York federal judge a former associate's claim that he was fired so the firm could save $20,000 in 401(k) contributions doesn't make sense because he was offered a six-figure severance check. 

  5. February 11, 2020

    Judge Pans 'Petty Disputes' As King & Spalding Trial Looms

    A New York federal judge refused Tuesday to allow briefing on whether King & Spalding LLP can use the term "misconduct" in an ex-associate's upcoming wrongful termination trial, warning both sides not to bother the court with "petty disputes."

  6. February 10, 2020

    King & Spalding Calls Atty's Bad Press Worries 'Academic'

    King & Spalding LLP continues to trade barbs in court with a former associate who claims he was fired for raising ethical questions, telling a New York federal judge that David Joffe's "desperate" efforts to exclude discussion of negative media coverage from an upcoming trial are basically pointless.

  7. January 31, 2020

    Ex-King & Spalding Atty Slams Firm's Yiddish In Firing Suit

    An ex-King & Spalding associate alleging he was fired for raising ethics questions told his former firm that its "Yiddish should be saved for the jury" after it accused him of chutzpah for seeking to keep testimony about negative media coverage out of an upcoming trial.

  8. January 27, 2020

    King & Spalding Says Atty Can't Bar Bad Press In Firing Suit

    King & Spalding LLP urged a New York federal judge Friday not to reconsider letting it cite media coverage in a former associate's wrongful termination suit against the firm, saying the "unflattering" articles remain relevant to his bid for millions of dollars in would-be earnings.

  9. January 21, 2020

    Ex-King & Spalding Atty Says Pro Se Status Is Not A Ploy

    A former King & Spalding LLP associate claiming the firm cost him retirement benefits by firing him for raising ethics concerns urged a federal judge Tuesday not to let the firm try to limit his push for damages, saying his reasons for representing himself are none of King & Spalding's business. 

  10. January 13, 2020

    Ex-King & Spalding Atty Asks To Exclude News Articles

    A former King & Spalding LLP associate who says he was fired for raising ethical red flags at the firm asked a New York court Friday to revisit the issue of allowing trial testimony about news coverage of his fee fight with a former counsel and a related court decision.