Former Biglaw Associate Alleges Partner Used Racial Slur - Above the Law

Former Biglaw Associate Alleges Partner Used Racial Slur - Above the Law

Late last night, a former associate took to LinkedIn to accuse a Covington partner of calling him a racial slur. Paul Bryant, a former fifth-year corporate associate at Covington, claims that a partner engaged in this racial harassment in an effort to get Bryant to quit after he informed the firm that he “would not write SEC disclosures in support of anti-minority and anti-women based initiatives.” It’s not clear why the firm would try to convin…