Above The Law Reports
A story in three acts… told over three days. A text leaks from senior attorney Jon Dileno bashing an associate for interviewing for a job while on maternity leave (“collecting salary from the firm while sitting on your ass“). Law firm releases vague lip service statement about turning this “into a positive” without hinting at an apology and characterizing the message as a “heat of the moment” mistake. Managing partner apologizes and announces that the author of the text is no longer associated with the firm.
Perhaps yesterday afternoon’s statement from Zashin & Rich managing partner Stephen Zashin foreshadowed the evening statement declaring that “[a]fter careful consideration, Jon Dileno is no longer with Zashin & Rich” and apologizing to the former associate who dealt with all this. Perhaps the contrast between that message and the earlier “heat of the moment” statement is indicative of the first message landing with a thud.
Either way, the firm has now taken some concrete action in response to this
