Former Kasowitz Partner Sues Firm Over Alleged Strategic Dismissal and Withheld Compensation



In a recent legal confrontation, former Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP partner Jay Deshmukh has lodged a lawsuit against his previous firm in New York state court. Deshmukh alleges that the firm “deliberately” terminated his employment just weeks before his one-year anniversary. The timing of his dismissal, he claims, was a strategic move to withhold more than half of his annual compensation.

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