Dechert Disputes Ex-Associate’s Claims of Bias and Job Interview Lies
Dechert is disputing allegations in a lawsuit filed by a former associate who says the law firm lied in a job interview when it told him there was plenty of work to do.
In papers filed Monday in New York state court, the law firm denies that it made misleading interview statements or that it fired the associate, Marc Lubin, because of religious bias, the Am Law Daily reports. The firm also contends Lubin’s suit is barred by the statute of limitations, the story says.
Lubin’s suit says Dechert promised plenty of structured finance work in a 2002 job interview, but its lawyers were working on only one deal when he arrived. When that ended, he was left to do “glorified paralegal work,” he claims. He says he was fired in 2004 after a partner told him he “was different.” Lubin asserts the comment was referring to his Orthodox Jewish beliefs.
Lubin says he jumped to Dechert in search of challenging work, even though he had a secure job paying more money at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Dechert denies that Lubin’s job at Skadden was secure, but doesn’t explain the basis for its assertion, the story says.
