International law firm WilmerHale is being sued by one of its New York-based IP attorneys for discrimination, defamation, and inflicting emotional distress.
Former Senior Associate Jean Dassie, a 33-year-old naturalized American citizen originally from Cameroon, wants the court to award him damages against WilmerHale, as well as California-based counsel Anh-Khoa Tran, and another attorney who’s only referred to in the complaint as John Doe.
Dassie accuses WilmerHale and Tran of defamation, including false statements made in Dassie’s 2022 year-end evaluation. The complaint also says the firm and Tran discriminated against Dassie based on his ...
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