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Brokeback Lawfirm: Aaron Charney Goes Down in CLS History

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The good news just keeps on coming for Aaron Charney, the former Sullivan & Cromwell associate who is now suing his former employer, alleging anti-gay discrimination and retaliation.
Yesterday Justice Bernard Fried handed down two decisions that were, on the whole, quite positive for the plaintiff. And now we learn of Charney’s alma mater, Columbia Law School, giving a shout-out to their 2003 graduate:

This may not be that unusual this year, but the final exam in Prof. Elizabeth Emens’s Employment Discrimination class at Columbia included as its issue spotter a closeted gay associate named Adam Cross, who worked at a law firm Sampson & Goliath (abbreviated S&G).

Among the mishaps that happened to our pal AC was an older male partner who told him to bend over and pick something up, stop “prancing around the office,” and handed him a document he wiped his “sneeze” with and said “I’m sure you’d like that.” Another partner accused him of having a relationship with another male associate that was “not natural.”

(We’ve heard of some pretty weird stuff in our day — but who gets off on bacteria-drenched mucus? Gives new meaning to the term “golden shower.”)
Our source concludes:

Most law school alums have to wait years before being memorialized by their alma mater.* But CLS has already honored Aaron Charney!

Does this mean that ABC will no longer feel the need to endow a professorship at CLS in gay legal studies, after prevailing in (or settling) his litigation with S&C?
In any event, our congratulations to Aaron Charney on this latest honor!
* So, so true. Unless you win a million dollars on TV, like our fabulous former schoolmate, Yul Kwon.
Earlier: Prior ATL coverage of Aaron Charney (scroll down)

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