Under DiBlasi's webpage maybe soon he'll be able to add something else to his "Ranking and Recognition" section. Maybe he'll be voted "Lawyer of the Year" by the Neo-Nazi party or the Klan.

Kotran even LOOKS like a nice guy (as well as 14 years old).

Top school graduates get to represent international dictators. Tier 2 grad get to represent the Soup Nazi.

DiBlasi looks menacing. Can't you just see him sitting face to face ranting in a psycho way at Charney ... and he probably made sure he had wicked bad breath too b/f going in to rant!

"bend over and take it"???

I say that to my girlfriend and I know she likes it.

Who says that's anti-gay?

He now! Enough with the Soup nazi b/c he's a successful franchise now. There's no way Tier 2 is gonna get that business.

Can I get credit for being the only one to recommend an amicable settlement before the shit hit the fan?

who wouldnt like an amicable settlement?

Is DiBlasi wearing a hairpiece or doing a comb-over?

"who wouldnt like an amicable settlement?"

S&C's defense lawyers for one.

Why am I not surprised to find the nice guys is a UVA grad?

so is charney jewish?

no, he's gay

Kotran looks nice and I agree very odd for him to have been bucking the partners. He is probably a decent guy and recognizes he works with a bunch of flaming d@ckheads.

Field Marshal DiBlasi looks frightening. I can totally see him in a certain uniform. 3:27 good post.

Gallion OUT.

Charney is Jewish and gay

is he gay and jewish

Hahaha

Charney is repugnant to Judaism.

"Jacob" hahaha

wow jacob, you're a real dick

You are all my children.

Except Field Marshal DiBlasi, who is a total d@ckhead.

you guys really think biglaw is run by WASPs???

Probably WASPs, Jews and white Catholics.

4:06 is right - I don't think anyone involved with this case is a wasp. Gandolfo Vince DiBlasi?

Charney deserves $150,000,000. An African American grocery clerk got $18,600,000 because a female supervisor made a comment about his sex life, then retaliated against him when he complained. The comments against Charney are just as bad, if not worse, and Charney isn't a grocery clerk.

http://www.amglaw.com

For more on S&C's sordid history, read "A Law Unto Itself". http://www.amazon.com/Law-Unto-Itself-Sullivan-Cromwell/dp/1557782393

One seemingly learned Amazon reviewer discusses "reasons to believe (as the authors do) that Sullivan & Cromwell chief John Foster Dulles consciously supported the rise of Hitler's armaments buildup."

See also http://www.john-loftus.com/bush_nazi_scandal.asp
"Some Americans were just bigots and made their connections to Germany through Allen Dulles's firm of Sullivan and Cromwell because they supported Fascism. The Dulles brothers, who were in it for profit more than ideology, arranged American investments in Nazi Germany in the 1930s to ensure that their clients did well out of the German economic recovery. . . .

"Sullivan & Cromwell was not the only firm engaged in funding Germany. According to 'The Splendid Blond Beast,' Christopher Simpson's seminal history of the politics of genocide and profit, Brown Brothers, Harriman was another bank that specialized in investments in Germany. The key figure was Averill Harriman, a dominating figure in the American establishment. . . . "

See also http://www.illuminati-news.com/bush-nazi-connection.html
"“More secretive,” says Buchanan, “is where the cloaking arrangement with Sullivan and Cromwell [most often associated with its best-known partner, John Foster Dulles] and Schroeder Rock, which is the Schroeder Bank and the Rockefeller family trust and investment arrangement – that links to the Rockefeller dealings (which John Loftus has written about) to the New York banks, some of which had to do with I. G. Farben through City National Bank of New York in back of those transactions.” Buchanan contends that there are also records involving the City National Bank, which he cites as “definitely the hot-blood area for all the Nazi money, especially I. G. Farben and Hermann Schmidt, the infamous managing director of I. G. Farben,” which was represented in court by Dulles’s Sullivan and Cromwell. "

But see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_&_Cromwell "Sullivan & Cromwell partner Rogers Lamont was the first American to die in World War II. Lamont had worked in the firm's Berlin office in the early 1930s."

For more on S&C's sordid history, read "A Law Unto Itself". http://www.amazon.com/Law-Unto-Itself-Sullivan-Cromwell/dp/1557782393

One seemingly learned Amazon reviewer discusses "reasons to believe (as the authors do) that Sullivan & Cromwell chief John Foster Dulles consciously supported the rise of Hitler's armaments buildup."

See also http://www.john-loftus.com/bush_nazi_scandal.asp
"Some Americans were just bigots and made their connections to Germany through Allen Dulles's firm of Sullivan and Cromwell because they supported Fascism. The Dulles brothers, who were in it for profit more than ideology, arranged American investments in Nazi Germany in the 1930s to ensure that their clients did well out of the German economic recovery. . . .

"Sullivan & Cromwell was not the only firm engaged in funding Germany. According to 'The Splendid Blond Beast,' Christopher Simpson's seminal history of the politics of genocide and profit, Brown Brothers, Harriman was another bank that specialized in investments in Germany. The key figure was Averill Harriman, a dominating figure in the American establishment. . . . "

See also http://www.illuminati-news.com/bush-nazi-connection.html
"“More secretive,” says Buchanan, “is where the cloaking arrangement with Sullivan and Cromwell [most often associated with its best-known partner, John Foster Dulles] and Schroeder Rock, which is the Schroeder Bank and the Rockefeller family trust and investment arrangement – that links to the Rockefeller dealings (which John Loftus has written about) to the New York banks, some of which had to do with I. G. Farben through City National Bank of New York in back of those transactions.” Buchanan contends that there are also records involving the City National Bank, which he cites as “definitely the hot-blood area for all the Nazi money, especially I. G. Farben and Hermann Schmidt, the infamous managing director of I. G. Farben,” which was represented in court by Dulles’s Sullivan and Cromwell. "

And see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_&_Cromwell
"Sullivan & Cromwell partner Rogers Lamont was the first American to die in World War II. Lamont had worked in the firm's Berlin office in the early 1930s and had seen the horrors of Nazi Germany firsthand. Lamont resigned from the firm in 1939 and joined the British Army. Lamont was killed at Dunkirk on May 27,1940."

I am spinning in my grave. Thanks DiBlasi.

mussolini connection?

I think DiBlasi's first name should be "Sauromano." And Kotran should clearly should be Frodo.

DiBlasi's first name should clearly be "Sauromano." And Kotran's "Frodo."

I bet all the S&C partners shun Kotran in the partners' dining room now.

Krautheimer probably gives Kotran wedgies everytime he passes him in the hallways.

Bend over and take it, Kotran. HARD!

I'm with 3:45 - not surprised the nice guy is the UVA Law grad.

Kotran looks so... vulnerable. I could see Alexandra Korry eating him for lunch.

5:20, don't be fooled. Kotran is as tough and as smart as they come.

Be careful 5:29, that is what everyone says about the other partners. At S&C, apparently "tough and smart" means complete, total unequivocal a@@hole.

Gallion OUT.

I have dealt with Vin DiBlasi many times in a mediation context. He is a really good lawyer and a shrewd negotiator. I have no idea if the comments attributed to him are true or not and I dont know him well enough to hazard a guess. However, he certainly gets command of a room and people listen when he speaks. He knows his s*it and is very effective. I've also heard him tell a few random stories and he is a hell of a storyteller.

DiBlasi, the guy everyone is slandering without any evidence whatsoever that he said what Charney alleged, is a director of the Legal Aid society.

How many of you contribute to Legal Aid?

So... is Legal Aid's Prez gonna come out and take sides against Charney b/c he knows DiBlasi? What is your point? he's a great man b/c he does pro bono and therefore could not have menaced Charney?

Regarding "slander" it must never be forgotten that TRUTH is the ultimate defense.

I think it's interesting the degree to which Charney seems to have lost his marbles. This latest claim doesn't even make sense: a person wouldn't say something like that unless he were auditioning for a Billy Zabka role in a 1980s teen movie. Is Charney going to next claim that Braff yelled across the room to DiBlasi ordering him to "sweep the leg"?

If Charney were smart, he would not have stolen so many documents that he had to destroy his computer to hide the tracks. How could he not have anticipated a countersuit and related discovery after his leak to the WSJ?

It's not a "latest claim" thouhg. It came out at the hearing. Bloomberg news just *failed* to report it along with the other stuff for some creepy and inexplicable reason.

Why all of the attacks on Charney all of a sudden? I have had the good fortune / bad luck to have worked at two of the country's best-regarded law firms, and I have to tell you, I've heard crap as bad as the alleged DiBlasi statement many times. I don't think Charney made this one up, boys and girls.

Cohen: "Sweep the leg, DiBlasi."

Braff: "Finish him."

Mr. Miyagi: "Crane kick. If do right, no can defend."

Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYE4fNQKTs4 to see how it ends.

7:09, maybe they learned from the Duke case that it's wrong to damage someone's reputation based on the unverified and incredible statements of a self-interested plaintiff?

When I first read about this case, I felt for ABC. The more I read, the more I think he is exaggerating. Maybe a lesson from the Duke case is appropriate. Maybe just because ABC says someting, it's not necessarily true. Especially when he's already admitted to stealing and leaking documents and his story keeps getting more wack-a-doo.

And I guess 8:17 thinks the law firm has not engaged in any dubious behavior?

6:48 -- is that a joke? Ken Lay was one of the biggest charitable contributors in Houston for years -- literally millions of dollarsdonated and several charitable boards. Does he get a free pass to?

Someone throwing a bone to Legal Aid has absolutely nothing to do with whether that person is a total a@@hole.

7:49 - I have also worked at two "top" firms and I have heard worse. I have seen and heard some of the worst behavior I could imagine. From a@@hole partners to jackoff associates snorting coke to extreme sexual harassment to everything in between. Based on my experience, and the fact that everyone I have known at S&C has hated it and said it was a hellish pit of despair full of truly loathesome people who abuse associates on a daily, or probably hourly, basis, I believe Field Marshal diBlasi probably said something very close to the alleged quote. Wouldn't surprise me in the LEAST.

Gallion OUT

Gallion, I wonder why you jump around from firm to firm. I wonder . . .

4:18 and 4:25:

You're citing John Loftus, a "seemingly learned Amazon reviewer," and "The Illuminati News?" Seriously? Good choices. So is S&C also working for the space aliens who invented crack as a mind-control weapon? Or did they help Enron plan 9/11?

And what's the deal with that Wikipedia entry? You do realize that it talks about an S&C partner who fought the Nazis rather than helping them, right?

Thanks for all that helpful research. Bravo.

I always thought this case reminded me a little bit of the Duke case. I guess I was just waiting for someone to say it first.

Are the parnters at S&C saints? probably not - but being mean isn't a violation of the law. It seems weird to me that even if what Charney says is true - an anti-gay comment at work - that its so easy for him to turn our court system into his own HR department.

Del,

Say what you like, but Google "Sullivan Cromwell" and "Nazi." The number of hits exceeds any other firm.

Bravo.

Del,

Say what you like, but Google "Sullivan Cromwell" and "Nazi." The number of hits exceeds any other firm.

S&C also had an office on Berlin while Hitler was in power. That is a fact.

Bravo.

Of course S&C had an office in Berlin while Hitler rose to power. Think it was the only firm that did? And of course you get more google hits for "Sullivan and Cromwell" and "Nazi" than for any other firm: once "A Law Unto Itself" came out, the Dulles-Nazi connection became fodder for every conspiracy-theorist nut on the web.

There's no question that the Dulles brothers were right-wing douche-bags who profited from financial dealings with Germany during its re-amament. They were hardly unique. There was a great deal of pro-German sentiment among American conservatives before the war (Joe Kennedy, anyone?). S&C's connection gets a lot of attention because the Dulles Brothers went on to head the State Department and the CIA. But (as that Wikipedia entry notes) other lawyers at the firm found Hitler's regime objectionable and made real sacrifices to oppose it.

So, yeah, you'll get a lot of google hits. Virtually all of them will be based on "A Law Unto Itself," and most of them will be conspiracy kooks ranting about how the space aliens used the Nazis to take over the CIA. Quality research, that. What, exactly, does it prove?

Does it get us any closer to knowing whether DiBlasi really went nuclear and started ranting about protecting the Nazis in an effort to sound all bad-ass? Does it tell us whether or not Charney is making up stories to distract from his own hysterical and unethical behavior? Or does it prove that if you google something that lots of conspiracy theorists write about, you'll get lots of hits?

No way is Charney making up stories. How much has to happen before S&C can no longer explain things away and reflect attention from its hideous heinous conduct.

Why was Charney so amped to work at S&C if he hates them so much?

Seems like he loved them and that the way he was treated after being there a while... and after that... hurt him extra hard.

"There was a great deal of pro-German sentiment among American conservatives before the war (Joe Kennedy, anyone?)"

FDR's head of the SEC and ambassador to England, and the man who gave us JFK, RFK and Teddy, was a conservative?

"DiBlasi, the guy everyone is slandering without any evidence whatsoever that he said what Charney alleged, is a director of the Legal Aid society.

How many of you contribute to Legal Aid?"

Oh, please - every jackass partner holds this kind of a position. No firm leader in their right mind wouldn't have a few of these gigs. Might make them look as though they're only in the profession, sorry, "vocation", for the money. Doesn't mean this guy's not a complete asshole.

I do pro bono advocacy through Legal Aid and actually, I don't know, INTERACT with the objects of DeBlasi's largesse.

Down with Field Marshal DiBlasi!!!!

Gallion OUT

Steve Kotran clerked for Ed Becker, who was one of the most stand-up guys in the federal judiciary.

Kotran grew up in a steel mining town in PA. He is not gay, Jewish or a nazi, but he is a good guy, or at least he used to be when I hung out with him. He is kick-ass smart, but he's street smart too. He played baseball at H, and house football; he was scouted by a professional baseball team as a pitcher . . . He might not have been good enough for MLB, but I wouldn't want to be on the other side of any punch he throws.