Accused of gay-bias, NY Law Firm fires back

A few weeks ago, I wrote a series of articles at GenerationQ.net about Aaron Charney, a New York attorney who is suing high-profile law firm, Sullivan & Cromwell alleging gay-bias.  I discovered that the law firm has a gay-friendly past, even claiming to have gay partners.

But things just got nasty!  It not only looks like Charney is unemployed, but it looks like he may face charges of his own.

In their own lawsuit against Mr. Charney, Sullivan accuses him of repeatedly and deliberately revealing confidential information about the firm and its clients as part of his legal fight.  The case also suggests that he leaked some top secret documents about "morale issues" to the Wall Street Journal.

Their complaint reads:

The partner had kept a copy of this document in a file relating to confidential firm matters. This presentation is missing from the partner’s file, and the file appears to have been put out of order. The Wall Street Journal Online Law Blog, on January 24, 2007, reported that a handwritten note on the copy of the presentation obtained by the Journal said, “We are breaking away from the pack in the wrong direction.” Charney, at paragraph 63 of his Complaint, alleged the following: “As one S&C partner describes S&C’s rankings, S&C ‘is breaking away from the pack in the wrong direction[.]’”

In this same complaint, which was dated Feb. 1, it states that Charney was an associate at the firm “until today.”  Looks like this one is gonna get really nasty!