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wildcat (
28/02/2007 22:00 )
À Bois-colombes / France
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If it don't FIT, you must ACQUIT!!!!
Only in America!!!! |
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et regardez ce qu\'en font les successeurs |
dio (
06/03/2007 10:22 )
À Gurgaon / India
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Suit claims law firm founded by Cochran is turning on blacks
Attorney says she was fired because new white bosses are discriminating
By Jessica Garrison
LOS ANGELES TIMES
LOS ANGELES - For decades, the law firm founded by the late Johnnie Cochran has been renowned as a black-run institution fighting for civil rights and against police abuse -- not to mention getting O.J. Simpson acquitted of murder charges.
But now, in a development that has dismayed some in the city\'s black community, attorney Shawn Chapman Holley has sued the firm claiming, among other things, that its leaders discriminated against her because she is black.
Holley said that after Cochran\'s death in 2005, leadership of the firm was turned over to white men who began to discriminate against black lawyers and black clients.
Neither she nor her attorneys would comment on the suit, although she released a statement through her lawyer:
\"In deference to the memory of Johnnie Cochran and in deference to his family, I do not intend to engage in a public airing of our disagreements. The lawsuit speaks for itself and this matter will be litigated in the courts.\"
Randy McMurray, a partner in the firm, denied Holley\'s charges.
\"We probably have the most diverse law firm in California. I don\'t know what race we would be discriminating against,\" he said, adding that he and another partner in the Los Angeles office, Brian Dunn, are black.
News of the suit raised eyebrows among some members of the city\'s black establishment.
\"Racial discrimination at the Cochran firm?\" asked public affairs consultant Kerman Maddox. \"When you think Johnnie Cochran, you think best and brightest in the black community. I\'m shocked. If true, that would be a devastating blow to the legacy of Johnnie Cochran.\"
Cochran, the great-grandson of slaves, founded his firm in 1965. He was best known nationally for his successful defense of Simpson against charges that Simpson murdered ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman.
But for decades before that 1994 killing, Cochran was well-known in Los Angeles for a string of cases in which he won historic financial settlements and helped bring about lasting changes in police procedure.
By the time of Cochran\'s death two years ago of an inoperable brain tumor, his firm had gone national with offices in 20 U.S. cities. Other changes brought controversy, including the addition of a criminal division, based in Santa Monica, and the departure of Holley and another black partner, Eric Ferrer, who also had worked extensively with Cochran.
Holley, who worked with Cochran for 17 years, was appointed two years ago to work as a liaison between the Cochran civil firm and the national criminal defense firm, according to her suit.
Holley claims she became concerned about the quality of criminal representation being offered to clients. But when she raised her concerns with the partners at the Cochran firm, they ignored her, then demoted her.
According to the suit, the demotion was approved by five managers of the firm, four of whom \"are Caucasian males.\"
Then, in January 2006, according to her suit, she was fired.
McMurray, the Cochran firm partner, denied terminating Holley.
\"She was not fired,\" he said. \"Our perceptions of her leaving the firm are different.\"
-- Randy McMurray, partner in law firm founded by Johnnie Cochran
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/16832394.htm |
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Patricia Sikora Cochran (Johnnie) |
Ann Julie Fortier (
18/12/2016 05:57 )
À Romaine / Canada
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Johnnie Cochran n a JAMAIS touché April Sikora, fille de Patricia.
Lors d un séjour de 3 semaines chez moi en décembre 2015, elle n était même pas au courant que sa mère l avait utilisé pour soutirer beaucoup d $$$$$$$$$ de Johnnie. C est moi qui lui a appris la nouvelle. Elle en revenait pas de ce que sa mère avait fait !
De plus, April devait écrire un livre sur ce sujet afin de redonner à Johnnie ses lettres de noblesse.
Malheureusement, April a manqué de temps car elle est décédée dernièrement laissant dans le deuil ses 2 jeunes adultes Jessica et Bernard.
Elle était une femme exceptionnelle, une excellente mère et une soeur pour moi depuis plusieurs années
Elle va me manquer terriblement ! |
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