Lawsuit of the Day

Former Associate Takes Skadden to Court

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Gary Green was an associate at Skadden in Los Angeles. About a year ago he was fired. On New Year’s Eve, Green filed a complaint against the firm and a number of partners and associates.

Green’s complaint brings the fire. He alleges defamation, wrongful termination, tortious interference, and a host of other things.

And he has some very inflammatory things to say about specific Skadden partners and associates. He calls one of the partners incompetent, bizarre, abusive, and inappropriate. He goes so far as to allege in a court document that a particular partner has run a practice group “into the ground” and is “one of the weakest — if not the weakest partner — in Skadden’s Los Angeles office.” And it goes on.

Green alleges he was fired for giving a harsh review to a junior associate. Most alarmingly, he alleges that Skadden partners were angered by the review because it opened the firm up to potential malpractice claims from a Skadden’s client.

You can download the full complaint after the jump. But first you can read Skadden’s response after the jump.


Obviously, the firm cannot comment on the specifics of this pending legal matter. But the firm did offer us the following statement:

The complaint was filed by an employee who was asked to leave the firm a year ago. The defendants firmly believe that the claims are without merit. They look forward to the opportunity to provide the fact finder with the full basis warranting the termination of his employment.

We are saddened that Mr. Green decided to take this action. The defendants intend to vigorously defend the case and expect to be fully vindicated.

Because this matter is in litigation, that is all we can say at this time.

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Below, you can read all of Green’s allegations.

Green_versus_Skadden_et_al_Complaint.pdf

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