May 01, 2020
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has urged a New York federal judge to pare down a black former associate's suit claiming he was mistreated and eventually fired because of his race, telling the court his "deficient performance" was the only reason he was asked to leave the firm.
March 03, 2020
A black ex-Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP associate has expanded his race discrimination lawsuit against the firm to include a former Davis Polk attorney now at Sidley Austin LLP, saying the M&A partner not only abdicated his role as a mentor but tried to derail the younger attorney's career.
February 10, 2020
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP asked a New York federal court Monday to trim a racial bias and retaliation suit brought by a black ex-associate and to dismiss its partners from the suit, reiterating its rebuttal that the man was fired for poor performance.
December 20, 2019
Counsel for a black former Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP associate who claims the 800-lawyer firm discriminated against him and fired him out of racial bias told a Manhattan federal judge Friday that, to prove their case, they want to see performance reviews of their client's former colleagues.
December 16, 2019
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has told a New York federal court that a black ex-associate was fired because of his poor performance, not because of his race or in retaliation for his claims that the firm marginalized black attorneys.
November 06, 2019
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP plans to "vigorously" fight a black ex-associate's race bias suit alleging it marginalized black attorneys, gave him bogus performance reviews and fired him as punishment for complaining, according to a firm email obtained by the website Above the Law.
November 05, 2019
A black ex-Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP associate sued the firm for race discrimination in New York federal court Monday, alleging it marginalized black attorneys and sabotaged his career by giving him bogus performance reviews and ultimately firing him as punishment for complaining.