Law Practice
Jun. 14, 2023
Anti-semitism and prejudice in the legal profession
The Barber and Ranen emails should be viewed as an opportunity to reflect on the dismal state of civility in the legal profession, and as a catalyst towards reform.
As an employment lawyer, as a Jew, and as the son of a Holocaust survivor, I am outraged, appalled, and disgusted by the recent revelations in the press of the vile, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, and anti-Semitic emails written between John Barber and Jeff Ranen – the former chairs of Lewis Brisbois Employment Law Department over a period of 12 years.
These emails were revealed after their former employer, the national law firm of Lewi...
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