Brokeback Lawfirm: Highlights from the Amended Complaint
The indefatigable Lavi Soloway has posted an excellent summary of the juiciest parts of the amended complaint just filed by Aaron Charney.
The best stuff is in the lede (all caps in the original; emphases added):
THE AMENDED COMPLAINT INCLUDES ALLEGATION THAT ON JANUARY 31, FORMER S&C ASSOCIATE, EDWARD GALLION, WHO HAD BEEN HIRED TO REPRESENT ASSOCIATE GERA GRINBERG, REVEALED TO CHARNEY AND GRINBERG THAT HE, GALLION, IS "A HOMOSEXUAL."GALLION IS ALLEGED TO HAVE DISCLOSED THIS FACT IN GALLION'S APARTMENT (???) AS GRINBERG, CHARNEY AND GALLION AWAITED THE ARRIVAL OF GALLION'S PARTNER, STEVEN SPIELVOGEL, WHO WAS TO ACCOMPANY THEM TO A SCHEDULED SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE. ALLEGEDLY, GALLION ALSO TOLD THEM THAT HE HAD NOT MADE PARTNER AT S&C BECAUSE OF ANTI-GAY DISCRIMINATION AND THAT WHILE HE WAS AN ASSOCIATE THERE HE HAD BEEN NICKNAMED "THE FAGGOT" BY A PARTNER AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
You can read Soloway's full post by clicking here. Good stuff!
Charney Files Amended Complaint Against Sullivan & Cromwell [Soloway]
Comments
oh good lord almighty jesus mary & joseph
Posted by: wow | May 22, 2007 11:56 AM
At first i though the story was interesting, but didn't necessarily have the makings of a movie. This makes Philadelphia look like child's play. S&C is going to get creamed in fall recruiting.
Posted by: anon | May 22, 2007 11:58 AM
don't settle charney! we need a full trial. we need cameras in the courtroom
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2007 12:04 PM
And to think, he's been trying to tell us all these months: Gallion OUT.
Posted by: anonymous | May 22, 2007 12:14 PM
12:14: LMAO! Best comment of the morning so far.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2007 12:19 PM
12:14 - that was brilliant
Posted by: anonymous | May 22, 2007 12:34 PM
Good stuff? Not sure whether I'd classify it that way...
Posted by: Legally chocolate | May 22, 2007 12:54 PM
I hope Charney's not making this stuff up. Because if he is, he deserves far worse than he's likely to get
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2007 12:59 PM
Wait, Gallian is homosexual, was demeaned with gay slurs by a partner at S&C, and was denied partnership because he was gay... yet he "conspired" with S&C against Charney? Doesn't seem to quite add up.
Posted by: Let the Eagle Soar | May 22, 2007 01:01 PM
No way do I think this stuff is made up.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2007 01:13 PM
1:01 - maybe Gallion was saying all that stuff to try and gain Charney's trust.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2007 01:13 PM
I think S&C should have settled earlier cause I don't see now how this can end well for them. Unless they go to trial and show that Charney's complaint is without a shred of merit a lot of people are going to suspect S&C is a place to steer clear of. That means law students, other lawyers, and clients are all going to want to have less to do with S&C as a result of all this. Even if Charney's complaint is completely without merit it could hurt S&C: case in point is Duke where applications were done this year for the undergrads even though it's long been relatively clear that the prosecution never had a case.
Posted by: Duke 2L | May 22, 2007 01:30 PM
why is it that S&C hired criminal defense lawyer to represent them?
Posted by: No L | May 22, 2007 02:19 PM
why is it that S&C hired criminal defense lawyer to represent them?
Posted by: No L | May 22, 2007 02:45 PM
This is like a bad episode of law and order. The way the story will end is that it will turn out that everyone involved is gay, and the behavior of nearly all involved (except Charney) can be explained by an attempt to remain in the closet.
Even the metal detector in the courthouse is gay.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2007 04:18 PM
No L asks a good question. Why is it that S&C hired a criminal defense lawyer to represent them way back when... especially as they had Zach Fasman on board already. Made no sense at the time but now that we've seen Charney's new Complaint, it kind of all makes a lot of sense. It's scary
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2007 04:44 PM
so let me get this straight:
Gallion: now gay
Charney: still suing
Korry: still maniac abusive psycho
Posted by: the Grip | May 22, 2007 05:17 PM
so let me get this straight:
Gallion: now gay
Charney: still suing
Korry: still maniac abusive psycho
Posted by: the Grip | May 22, 2007 05:19 PM
FREE ALEXANDRA KORRY!!!
Posted by: Dial-A-Car Dispatcher | May 22, 2007 05:22 PM
Yes. S&C's "Freeing" Korry is the only humane thing to do. FOR THE ASSOCIATES UNDER HER WHO HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ABUSE BEYOND THE PALE, THE PARTNERS WHO HAVE TO DEAL WITH HER STENCH, AND THE OTHER SIDE WHOS LAUGHS AT HER.
Posted by: a novel approach | May 22, 2007 06:24 PM
Korry on the hunt;
Strike against the weak and just.
The Bitch is screaming
Posted by: Masaoka "Haiku" Shiki | May 22, 2007 07:54 PM
Hell decends on me . . .
I now belong to Korry
May this deal blow up!
Posted by: Masaoka "Haiku" Shiki | May 22, 2007 08:05 PM
Pent up rage unleashed,
Her Frumkin envy showing,
Korry feeds today.
Posted by: Masaoka "Haiku" Shiki | May 22, 2007 08:09 PM
Scourge of S&C,
Korry makes 2nd year cry.
The Good do nothing.
Posted by: Masaoka "Haiku" Shiki | May 22, 2007 08:25 PM
The Haiku is masterful! Do some about the other partners. Please? Soooo hilarious
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2007 08:37 PM
Korry gone from sight.
Rodge says "Quick! Hide the cancer!"
Summer must be here.
Posted by: Masaoka "Haiku" Shiki | May 22, 2007 08:40 PM
I love you Haiku person.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2007 08:43 PM
this is freakin awesome. somebody missed his/her calling.
LAT: you should do a whole section on this ya know. Koory hiakus -- though i don't think anyone is gonna surpass MASTER SHIKI
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2007 08:44 PM
Master Shiki is definitely someone who knows the characters at S&C. Master Shiki rocks.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2007 08:48 PM
Masaoka "Haiku" Shiki - Songs from the Brokeback Village.
AMAZING!
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2007 08:50 PM
Korry purpose found:
The evil she perpetrates
makes Buckholtz look nice.
Posted by: Masaoka "Haiku" Shiki | May 22, 2007 08:56 PM
As someone who has suffered -- thank you Master Shiki. I bust into laughter . . . then I burst into tears. then I burst into laughter. I have a hard time choosing a favorite!
Posted by: Thank you! | May 22, 2007 09:01 PM
yeah - it's hard to choose a favorite. damn good Shiki.
but my fav has to be:
Scourge of S&C,
Korry makes 2nd year cry.
The Good do nothing.
like other Japanese masters he hits so much with so little. "The Good do nothing". best. haiku. ever.
Posted by: easy | May 22, 2007 09:10 PM
I don't even work at S&C. But I am in tears laughing at:
Korry gone from sight.
Rodge says "Quick! Hide the cancer!"
Summer must be here.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2007 09:32 PM
The haiku at 8:40 has a seasonal reference, so it is probably the best (or at least most traditional) haiku.
Posted by: anon | May 22, 2007 09:39 PM
Alexandra has
Southern mullet in New York
What a bold woman
Posted by: naysayer | May 22, 2007 11:47 PM
Juniors quake with fear
Partners try to control beast
Korry Harms David
Posted by: The Kraut | May 23, 2007 12:15 AM
Summer comes early
Buds bloom "unnaturally"
Korry hates them all.
Posted by: Masaoka "Haiku" Shiki | May 23, 2007 12:30 AM
The Prima Donna
Used to be scared of the D**k
Still is, just the gays'
Posted by: madonna | May 23, 2007 07:59 AM
Am laughing so hard
At Shiki's Korry Harm David Haiku
Coffee out my nose
Posted by: Fan of the Master | May 23, 2007 09:09 AM
Am laughing so hard
At Shiki's Korry Harms David Haiku
Coffee out my nose
Posted by: Fan of the Master | May 23, 2007 09:09 AM
Think haikus are fun?
My wrath knows no bounds; Shiki
I know who you are.
Posted by: Alexandra Korry | May 23, 2007 10:18 AM