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. October 25, 2019

    Ex-King & Spalding Atty To Appeal Order On Counsel Payout

    A former King & Spalding associate is appealing a New York federal court's decision that his former counsel is entitled to a cut of his potential winnings in a wrongful termination dispute with the law firm, according to a notice filed with the court Friday.

  2. September 26, 2019

    Ex-King & Spalding Atty Can't Nix Former Counsel's Payout

    A New York federal judge shredded ex-King & Spalding LLP associate David Joffe's bid to block his ex-counsel from getting a share of the possible winnings in Joffe's suit alleging his former firm cost him retirement benefits by firing him for raising ethics concerns.

  3. September 25, 2019

    King & Spalding Ethics Expert 'Unhelpful' In Firing Dispute

    A New York federal judge said Tuesday a legal ethics expert hired by King & Spalding LLP could "impinge" the court's responsibility to interpret attorney conduct rules and won't be allowed to testify in the firm's wrongful termination suit.

  4. March 01, 2019

    King & Spalding Seeks To DQ Ex-Atty's Experts In Firing Row

    King & Spalding LLP and a New York attorney pressing a wrongful termination suit against the firm went another round in recent days over the credibility of their respective experts.

  5. February 14, 2019

    Fired King & Spalding Attorney Says High Court's On His Side

    A former King & Spalding LLP associate pursuing a wrongful termination suit against the firm says a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court decision in a separate case against King & Spalding means he has a green light to seek damages for allegedly being knocked off the partnership track.

  6. January 17, 2019

    King & Spalding, Ex-Atty Spar Over Experts In Firing Suit

    King & Spalding LLP and a former attorney suing the firm for wrongful termination traded blows Wednesday in a flurry of filings seeking to discredit each other's expert witnesses, with King & Spalding saying one expert's estimate that the attorney suffered $21 million to $49 million in damages was not backed up by evidence.

  7. November 07, 2018

    Ex-King & Spalding Atty Says No Payout For Former Counsel

    A former King & Spalding LLP associate again urged a New York federal judge to scrap a finding that the law firm that represented him in his wrongful termination suit had good cause for dropping him as a client and was entitled to a claim on any winnings he collected.

  8. October 16, 2018

    Ex-King & Spalding Atty Fights Lien In Termination Suit

    A former King & Spalding LLP associate is fighting the recent ruling of a New York federal magistrate judge that his "hostility and threats" toward the law firm that represented him in his wrongful termination suit gave the firm good cause to back out of the suit and entitled it to a claim on any winnings collected by its former client.

  9. October 02, 2018

    Ex-King & Spalding Atty's Counsel Have Dibs On Any Award

    A federal magistrate judge in Manhattan ruled Tuesday that an ex-King & Spalding LLP associate's "hostility and threats" toward the law firm that represented him in his wrongful termination suit gave the firm good cause to back out of the lawsuit, entitling it to a claim on any winnings collected by its former client.

  10. September 28, 2018

    Ex-King & Spalding Atty Aims To Block Lawyer's Lien Bid

    A former King & Spalding LLP associate, who has accused the firm of ousting him after he aired ethical concerns, said in a brief filed Friday in New York federal court that his onetime attorney has no right to a piece of any future settlement, asserting that the attorney cannot show good cause for his withdrawal.