Perkins Coie lawyer is out of a job, apparently because of post criticizing Charlie Kirk after his shooting death

""We are aware of the comments posted on social media by a former Perkins Coie employee in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death. These comments do not reflect the views of our firm, and the individual's conduct in posting them fell far short of the expectations we have of everyone who works here. This is not who we are, and the individual was separated from the firm with immediate effect. We offer our deepest sympathies to Mr. Kirk's family.""

"The Washington Times identified the lawyer as insurance litigator Bradley Dlatt. Any mention of Dlatt has been removed from the Perkins Coie website, but a May 2023 press release said he was a counsel with the law firm's insurance recovery law practice."

"A Journal email seeking comment sent to Dlatt's email address at Perkins Coie was returned with an automatic reply saying Dlatt is no longer with the firm as of Sept. 12. Perkins Coie did not comment in response to the Journal's request for confirmation that Dlatt was the employee who was fired. Ted Frank, the director of litigation and a senior attorney at the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, a nonprofit public interest firm, reproduced a post by Dlatt on X, formerly known as Twitter, and questioned whether it was the post that got Dlatt fired. Frank said Dlatt's post was from LinkedIn, but it is not shown in Dlatt's current posts. The Washington Times quoted from the same post by Dlatt and said it led to the firing."

Perkins Coie terminated an employee after the employee posted social media criticism of conservative activist Charlie Kirk following Kirk's fatal shooting at a Utah college event. The firm issued a statement saying the comments did not reflect firm views, that the conduct fell short of expectations, and that the individual was separated with immediate effect, while offering sympathies to Kirk's family. The lawyer was identified by the Washington Times as Bradley Dlatt, whose mentions were removed from the firm's website. An email to Dlatt returned an automatic reply that he is no longer with the firm. Reproductions of the post by outside attorneys prompted questions about whether the post caused the firing.

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