I have a colleague who was called homophobic slurs by a law school classmate numerous times and has others who can vouch for this. Said classmate just made partner at a V50 law firm. My colleague confided in me about this new partner. I’m horrified and don’t think this person should be partner. As far as I know, the firm isn’t aware of this. My colleague doesn’t want to come forward or talk to our DEI group. What’s your advice?

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How long ago did this happen? The person made partner at your firm or your friend's firm? Some more info may be helpful. Thanks

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The homophobic person made partner at my firm. These incidents happened 5 years ago.

I’m kinda stuck on the classmate making partner at a V50 five years after law school. Something is off.

Regardless, your coworker made a decision, don’t meddle.

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5 years is a decent amount of time. People can change.

Let it go. You’re not going to be able to do anything about it anyway. Honestly, no one really cares. I don’t know why you would put yourself in the middle of this.

And I agree no one makes partner at a V50 law firm 5 years out.

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