LA Lawyers' Racist and Sexist Emails Exposed
The name partners of Barber Ranen, John Barber and Jeffrey Ranen, have resigned after their former law firm, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, found dozens of emails that showed the lawyers using racist, sexist, homophobic, and antisemitic language while they were there. The two men co-founded Barber Ranen, which launched last month with more than 100 lawyers from Lewis Brisbois. The emails contained offensive language, including racial, sexist, and homophobic slurs. Barber Ranen will form a new firm, and Lewis Brisbois is conducting a full review of Barber and Ranen's correspondence and interviewing other employees.