Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman is suing hedge fund manager Alphonse Fletcher Jr. for $2.3 million in unpaid legal fees after the firm represented him in a high-profile discrimination suit against the Dakota, the legendary co-op on the Upper West Side of Manhattan (See Complaint). Kasowitz Benson lawyers, including managing partner Marc Kasowitz, were counsel to Fletcher and Fletcher Asset Management.
Fletcher, a former president of the co-op board, alleged that the Dakota discriminated against him based on his race in its refusal to approve his application to purchase an apartment next to his own for the purpose of combining the two. Fletcher, in Fletcher v. Dakota, 101289-2011, in Manhattan Supreme Court, also alleged the Dakota defamed him by making false statements about his finances, including an observation that he had "checked out of his business" and was living on "borrowed money." The Dakota case is still pending.
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