A former Texas state employee who alleges he contacted Baker Botts about a potential whistleblower claim filed a negligence suit against the firm, alleging that he was fired from his job after the firm forwarded his “confidential email” to his employer.
Kent Langerlan alleges in the lawsuit that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) terminated his employment “based on his contact with a ‘Houston law firm.’” Langerlan alleges that the language in an interoffice memo recommending his termination “mimics” the confidential email he sent to Baker Botts lawyer Shira Yoshor.
