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One of the nation's largest law firms, with past celebrity clients like Kathy Griffin, has released troves of emails that show two of their former partners regularly using racist, homophobic and misogynist language.
Lawyers John Barber, 55, and Jeff Ranen, 45, said they were leaving the Los Angeles law firm Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith last month to build their own 'compassionate firm,' and would be taking over a hundred colleagues with them.
In a press spree, the lawyers portrayed their former law firm as a profit-focused business where they were forced to compromise on their values, and said their new office would focus on 'paying it forward.'
The megafirm then hit back last weekend, releasing emails between Barber and Ranen where they repeatedly used inflammatory comments against women, black and Jewish people and gay men, among others.
The emails, seen by the New York Post, stretch back 15 years and show a Superior Court judge being called 'Sugar T***' by Barber and multiple women referred to as 'c****' by Ranen.
The LA law firm where John Barber (left) and Jeff Ranen were once partners released emails showing them repeatedly use vile language over 15 years
When an attorney requested overtime in June 2012, Barber wrote: 'Kill her by anal
