| Joffe Lost
King & Spalding Termination Trial With
Call-In Line Now Says ERISA Separate
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 17 – David Joffe is a
lawyer who sued King &
Spalding for wrongful
termination.
On
October 18 U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Valerie E.
Caproni held a proceeding.
Inner City Press covered it,
below. Nine days later she
would refer to dirty laundry
as the trial approached.
On October
18 there was talk of Joffe
calling as witnesses some
current King & Spalding
employees.
The defense asked
for notice, and about how they
will be permitted to
cross-examine.
On October 22
Judge Caproni held another
conference, and Inner City
Press again covered it. Joffe
was asked what witnesses he
will call. He will be the
first witness, and a King
& Spalding-er he's
requesting come north from
Atlanta. Judge Caproni said he
runs a fast trial, to have
next witnesses ready.
And on October 27
Judge Caproni held another
conference, which Inner City
Press again covered. Judge
Caproni cautioned against
lengthy reading of transcripts
to the jurors, urging instead
that the parties reach
stipulations. I can't force
you, though, she said. In
which case, the transcripts
should be limited to only the
most relevant portions. She
also cautioned that dirty
laundry would come out.
And it did. On
November 29, in a proceeding
for which there was a call-in
line unlike US v. Ghislaine
Maxwell elsewhere in SDNY on
the same day, the jury ruled
against Joffe.
Next Judge
Caproni asked him to show
cause why the jury verdict
should result in a similar
loss in his ERISA claim. Joffe
replied that "the ERISA claim
should be adjudged separately
under the lower 'motivating
factor' standard."
The case was
Joffe v. King & Spalding
LLP, 17-cv-3392 (Caproni)
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