Dentons’ $35 Million Ex-Partner Dispute Sent Back to Arbitration

A dragged-out legal battle between Dentons and ex-partner Jinshu “John” Zhang is once again headed for arbitration after a California appeals court sent the wrongful termination suit back to New York.

The suit stems from a $35 million contingency fee Zhang earned while working at Dentons. The two sides have offered different stories over what happened next.

Zhang, no longer at the firm, had tried to keep the case in a California court while Dentons wants it in private arbitration. He scored a win earlier this year when the California Supreme Court paused a New York arbitration and asked the ...