Ex-Kasowitz Partner Accuses Law Firm of Stiffing Him on Pay Deal

Kasowitz Benson Torres is facing a lawsuit by a former partner who says the firm owes him more than $250,000.

Intellectual property lawyer Jay R. Deshmukh alleges that the firm “deliberately” fired him in June in order to avoid paying him the full compensation owed under his contract. Deshmukh, who filed the complaint in New York state court on Tuesday, said the firm paid him less than half of his $500,000 minimum annual compensation.

Deshmukh was a partner at Kasowitz for more than four years until he jumped to Greenberg Traurig in January 2023. He returned to Kasowitz seven months ...