If you’ve been looking for a way to quickly get out of your longtime career at a Biglaw firm, then perhaps suggesting in a public Facebook post that you have guns and ammo to show to retail staff who dare state that you must wear a mask to enter during the COVID-19 pandemic is the way to go.
On Friday, Kevin Bain, who worked as a document services manager in Thompson & Knight’s Dallas, Texas, office, posted the following rant on Facebook:
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Bain, who started working at the firm in 2009, quickly found internet infamy as his post made the rounds on various social media websites. Eventually, the firm caught wind of his ill-advised post and thankfully took immediate action.
According to his now-deleted LinkedIn profile, prior to this episode, Bain had worked in the legal industry since 1997. Now he’s thrown away his entire career over a public health and safety requirement. Perhaps it’s all for the best; after all, he may have faced a future furlough or layoff thanks to the austerity measures many firms have taken due to the coronavirus outbreak. He just saved his firm the trouble.
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Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.