After a meeting with the diversity and inclusion committee, Dileno announced that he would be leaving the firm.
“This has been a sad and challenging time for our firm. I apologize to my former colleague who received the inappropriate
text and I am disappointed that this happened on my watch.” Says Zashin, “Yesterday, the text heard around our community and then the nation showed us how women continue to face discrimination from some within the legal profession,” reads the statment. “We have said before and again reaffirm today: bias has no place in our profession or in a society built on the rule of law.”
Zashin says the text message, “was sent in the heat of the moment by an employee upset by the belief that the former colleague while on paid leave sought employment with another law firm.” The female associate will remain unnamed.
