Davis Polk Bias Suit Has Lawyers Pointing Fingers at Each Other

March 22, 2021, 7:43 PM UTC

A closely watched race discrimination case against Wall Street law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP devolved into a squabble among lawyers on each side Monday after the attorney suing the firm was a no-show for his deposition.

Jeh Johnson, the Paul Weiss lawyer defending Davis Polk, traded barbs with David Jeffries, who is representing former Davis Polk associate Kaloma Cardwell, in a virtual hearing in a federal court in Manhattan. U.S. District Judge Gregory Wood called the hearing after Johnson alerted the court that Cardwell skipped a scheduled deposition Monday morning.

Johnson, who previously served as Homeland Security Secretary ...

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