St. Louis-Based Thompson Coburn Sued for Age Discrimination

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St. Louis-based Thompson Coburn demoted an equity partner to nonequity, didn't send work his way and then pushed him out while it hired younger lawyers, a new lawsuit alleges.

The lawyer, 61-year-old Steven E. Kushner, didn't have a problem with becoming a nonequity partner in the firm's real estate practice group after seven years as an owner, his lawyer, Mary Anne Sedey, said Wednesday.

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St. Louis-Based Thompson Coburn Sued for Age Discrimination

"The thing this lawsuit is about is the fact that they terminated him at the same time they're hiring all these young lawyers," Sedey, of Sedey Harper in St. Louis, said.

"He was told explicitly this is not about the quality of his work, ... and he made it v...

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