Legal Opinion
Xie v. Sklover & Donath, LLC
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 23, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2015-2020PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
A Fannie Mae employee has a few heated workplace disputes with her superiors at the company’s Washington, D.C. headquarters. Fearing termination and suspecting legal violations on the part of her employer, she hires a two-partner, New York-based employment-law firm to represent her in the matter. Those partners are New York residents and are licensed only in New York and New Jersey, but their retainer contract assures the client that they litigate pro hac vice whenever necés-sary. The partners never physically travel to the…
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