Mayer Brown has terminated Chicago-based banking and finance partner Zac Barnett due to “inappropriate personal conduct with a subordinate,” the firm said in a statement on Friday.

Barnett's conduct was unrelated to client matters and “is contrary to the firm's core values,” the statement said, adding that no further details would be provided to respect the privacy of a third party.

Barnett's termination marks the second Big Law partner to be publicly ousted by his firm this month related to inappropriate conduct. Pascal Agboyibor, the Paris-based head of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's Africa practice and a member of its board, was asked to leave the firm following an investigation that found evidence of inappropriate conduct and lapses in judgment, The American Lawyer reported.