Following up on my previous post, Columbia Law Professor Katherine Franke May Be Fired Following Complaint Filed By Two Colleagues: Bloomberg Law, Firm Defends Dropping Columbia Professor Over Israel-Gaza Speech:
Employment law firm Outten & Golden, facing a complaint for dropping its representation of a Columbia Law School professor, said it decided not to handle employee speech matters tied to the Israel-Gaza conflict.
“We did this after much consideration, and with the good of our firm and the well-being of our diverse workforce in mind,” Outten & Golden said in a statement Wednesday.
The professor, Katherine Franke, filed a complaint Sept. 10 with the Attorney Grievance Committee in New York saying that about two months earlier, Outten & Golden had “out of nowhere” told her it was dropping her as a client. Franke said she had signed a retainer agreement in February for the firm to represent her in a harassment complaint she faced at Columbia over comments she made in a TV interview over student protests.
- ABA Journal, Columbia Law Prof Facing Probe Over Campus-Protest Comments Says Firm 'Abruptly' Dropped Her As Client
- Columbia Spectator, Law Professor Katherine Franke, BC ’81, Files Ethics Complaint Against Law Firm After Withdrawal of Representation
- Brian Leiter (Chicago), NY Law Firm Drops Client, Columbia Lawprof Katherine Franke, When Her Views Attract Public Criticism
- Reuters, Columbia Law Prof, Law Firm Clash Over Client Policy on Israel-Gaza
Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
- 54 Columbia Law Faculty Condemn Administration For Disciplinary Action Against Anti-Israel Student Protesters (Apr. 23, 2024)
- Columbia Law Review Refused To Take Down Article On Palestine, So Board Of Directors Took Down Its Website (June 4, 2024)
- More On The Columbia Law Review Controversy (June 6, 2024)
- Student Editors Vote 20-5 To Reject Board's Offer To Bring Columbia Law Review Back Online (June 7, 2024)
- Reflections On The Columbia Law Review Imbroglio (June 10, 2024)
- Columbia Law Professor Katherine Franke May Be Fired Following Complaint Filed By Two Colleagues (July 13, 2024)
