tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post3664531787631501219..comments2024-03-25T03:20:57.659-04:00Comments on My Daily Struggles: Freedman, Simmons and Economic FactorsMy Daily Struggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-11840753348697365922011-03-23T14:26:13.779-04:002011-03-23T14:26:13.779-04:00Of course 20 years separates the Akin Gump of 1991...Of course 20 years separates the Akin Gump of 1991 (when I worked there) from the Akin Gump of 2009 (when Simmons was fired).<br /><br />One point of continuity can be cited, however. In 1991 my racist supervisor Chris Robertson reported directly to R. Bruce McLean, who was then head of the firm's litigation practice group. McLean tolerated and supported a racist supervisor, turning the other way in 1992 when litigation support manager Robertson and Personnel Director Laurel Digweed in all likelihood colluded in the unlawful race-based termination of litigation support employee Patricia McNeil, a black woman.<br /><br />Is it a matter of no import that in 2009 when Simmons was fired -- allegedly based on race discrimination -- R. Bruce McLean served as Akin Gump's Chairman?My Daily Struggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.com