The most riveting recent scandal within Manhattan’s white-shoe law firm world is, without a doubt, the story of Aaron Charney. Last January, at age 28, he sued his fancy firm, Sullivan & Cromwell, alleging homophobia. Among other things, his suit said that a partner tossed papers at his feet and said, “Bend over and pick Read More
So exactly how much did it cost Sullivan & Cromwell to make Aaron Charney go away? That’s the parlor game New York lawyers have been playing since late last month, when a settlement was reached between the white-shoe law firm and its former associate, who had sued S&C for sexual-orientation discrimination. Most memorably, Charney said Read More
The maelstrom surrounding the former Sullivan & Cromwell associate, Aaron Charney, is finally over.We miss it as much as we miss our old law reporter, Anna Schneider Mayerson.
Here’s the story: Mr. Charney, who is gay, launched a formal complaint with the New York State Supreme Court against the white Read More
That small, obsessive crowd that settled down to watch the case pitting a young and promising associate against his former employer, the white-shoe law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, has not been disappointed.
These are not great moments in lawyering, the kind that puts The New York Times’ Linda Greenhouse on A1. This is “Lawyers Read More
Early on the morning of Feb. 13, 28-year-old former Sullivan & Cromwell associate Aaron Charney was not far from the white-shoe conference rooms at the firm’s offices on Broad Street, in the financial district.
But how far he had fallen!
He was consulting with labor lawyers from Alterman & Boop, the scrappy but respected Worth Read More
Late in the morning of Jan. 16, 28-year-old Aaron Brett Charney posted a comment to a widely read Web site called infirmation.com.
On the site, associates at big law firms gripe about their treatment at the hands of the lawyers. But Mr. Charney’s wasn’t an ordinary complaint.
“Today I filed suit against my employer, Sullivan Read More
Late in the morning of Jan. 16, 28-year-old Aaron Brett Charney posted a comment to a widely read Web site called infirmation.com.
On the site, associates at big law firms gripe about their treatment at the hands of the lawyers. But Mr. Charney’s wasn’t an ordinary complaint.
“Today I filed suit against my employer, Sullivan Read More
Aaron Brett Charney, an associate at white-shoe firm Sullivan & Cromwell, filed a lawsuit this morning against his law firm, alleging sexual orientation discrimination and retaliation. Mr. Charney, a graduate of Brown and Columbia Law School, works in S&C’s famed corporate department. As of presstime, his biography was still posted on the firm’s website. According Read More
