Ex-Perkins Coie Partner in LA Sues His Firm, Again
Perkins Coie rejected claims that it discriminated against a former partner in Los Angeles because of his Christian beliefs and his disabilities.
March 20, 2018 at 07:11 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
Nicholas Rockefeller, a former partner at Perkins Coie in Los Angeles, has sued his former firm for allegedly discriminating against him because of his disabilities and his religion.
Rockefeller practiced as a “Christian fundamentalist” when he was at the firm, and other lawyers referred to it as a “kook religion,” he alleges in a March 14 complaint filed in Los Angeles federal district court. Lawyers at the firm also perceived him as being HIV positive, based on his disabilities, he alleges.
“This suit by a former partner who has not been with Perkins Coie since 2005 is baseless and subject to arbitration, just as a federal court ruled in 2010 in the previous lawsuit he filed. We will defend this matter vigorously since it is utterly without merit,” Terence Gordon, a spokesman for the firm, said in an emailed statement.
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