Davis Polk ‘Weaponized’ Reviews, Fired Black Associate Says (1)

A black former associate accusing Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP of bias and discrimination because of his race named another partner in the firm’s corporate/mergers and acquisitions group as a defendant to his suit, New York federal court records show.

Kaloma Cardwell says John Butler was also involved in the discrimination and retaliation that culminated in his termination after four years as an associate in Davis Polk’s New York office. The bias was a result of the firm’s “rigging workplace systems,” and “unlawfully weaponizing” and altering its conclusion about his performance and its evaluation processes, Cardwell says in an amended ...