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]
(42) Comments
oh good lord almighty jesus mary & joseph
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.
don't settle charney! we need a full trial. we need cameras in the courtroom
And to think, he's been trying to tell us all these months: Gallion OUT.
12:14: LMAO! Best comment of the morning so far.
12:14 - that was brilliant
Good stuff? Not sure whether I'd classify it that way...
I hope Charney's not making this stuff up. Because if he is, he deserves far worse than he's likely to get
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.
No way do I think this stuff is made up.
1:01 - maybe Gallion was saying all that stuff to try and gain Charney's trust.
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.
why is it that S&C hired criminal defense lawyer to represent them?
why is it that S&C hired criminal defense lawyer to represent them?
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.
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
so let me get this straight:
Gallion: now gay
Charney: still suing
Korry: still maniac abusive psycho
so let me get this straight:
Gallion: now gay
Charney: still suing
Korry: still maniac abusive psycho
FREE ALEXANDRA KORRY!!!
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.
Korry on the hunt;
Strike against the weak and just.
The Bitch is screaming
Hell decends on me . . .
I now belong to Korry
May this deal blow up!
Pent up rage unleashed,
Her Frumkin envy showing,
Korry feeds today.
Scourge of S&C,
Korry makes 2nd year cry.
The Good do nothing.
The Haiku is masterful! Do some about the other partners. Please? Soooo hilarious
Korry gone from sight.
Rodge says "Quick! Hide the cancer!"
Summer must be here.
I love you Haiku person.
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
Master Shiki is definitely someone who knows the characters at S&C. Master Shiki rocks.
Masaoka "Haiku" Shiki - Songs from the Brokeback Village.
AMAZING!
Korry purpose found:
The evil she perpetrates
makes Buckholtz look nice.
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!
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.
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.
The haiku at 8:40 has a seasonal reference, so it is probably the best (or at least most traditional) haiku.
Alexandra has
Southern mullet in New York
What a bold woman
Juniors quake with fear
Partners try to control beast
Korry Harms David
Summer comes early
Buds bloom "unnaturally"
Korry hates them all.
The Prima Donna
Used to be scared of the D**k
Still is, just the gays'
Am laughing so hard
At Shiki's Korry Harm David Haiku
Coffee out my nose
Am laughing so hard
At Shiki's Korry Harms David Haiku
Coffee out my nose
Think haikus are fun?
My wrath knows no bounds; Shiki
I know who you are.