What the Legal Industry Can Learn From the Lewis Brisbois-Barber Ranen Shake-up
In this week's episode, Law.com business of law reporter Justin Henry breaks down the twists and turns of the shake-up, including the leaked emails.
June 20, 2023 at 12:20 AM
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In May, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith lost more than 100 attorneys to a firm launched by two former longtime lawyers with the firm.
The founders of the new firm, Barber Ranen, are Jeff Ranen, the firm's former vice chair of the employment law department, and John Barber, former chair of the firm's employment practices group and member of the management committee. On Sunday, leaked emails surfaced between Ranen and Barber referring to colleagues, clients, other legal professionals and judges using misogynistic, homophobic and anti-Semitic language. By Monday, the founding partners resigned.
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