Ex-Lewis Brisbois Partner Firm Renamed After Founders’ Exit (1)

June 7, 2023, 4:24 PM UTCUpdated: June 7, 2023, 4:59 PM UTC

The boutique law firm that pushed out two ex-Lewis Brisbois founding partners who wrote racist and sexist emails has rebranded itself as Daugherty Lordan.

Partners Melissa Daugherty and Joe Lordan will lead the operation, according to a firm spokesperson. Daugherty and Lordan left Lewis Brisbois last month along with the partners later ousted—John Barber and Jeff Ranen. The new firm had been briefly known as Barber Ranen.

Tim Graves will remain CEO of the new firm, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The partners’ former firm, Lewis Brisbois, shared a tranche of emails spanning more than a decade ...

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