A Coral Gables, Fla., attorney has filed a discrimination suit alleging his former employer, Miami-based Astigarraga Davis, fired him because he is gay.
“Shortly after his employment began, however, (firm chairman Jose) Astigarraga articulated his discomfort with the fact that plaintiff was gay, criticizing plaintiff for not ‘fitting in’ with the attorneys at the law firm and suggesting to plaintiff that he consider leaving the firm,” Scott Allen Burr’s suit said. He claimed the firm has a pattern of discrimination against gay attorneys.
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