Steven Guynn, a corporate partner at King & Spalding in New York, was arraigned this week in Connecticut on charges of beating and threatening to kill his girlfriend during an alleged altercation earlier this month at his home.

News of Guynn’s arrest was first reported Wednesday by the Stamford Advocate and picked up by the New York Post on Thursday. Guynn, 58, is a resident of New Canaan, a wealthy suburb north of Manhattan. The New Canaan Police Department confirmed Guynn’s arrest when contacted Friday by The Am Law Daily.