Karen Lee Torre

Karen Lee Torre is an American attorney based in New Haven, Connecticut,^[1] most notable for litigating the landmark Supreme Court case of Ricci v. DeStefano.^[2] The case was argued by Gregory Coleman before the United States Supreme Court.^[3]

Torre also represented a female firefighter who sued for sex discrimination in a successful appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.^[4]

She writes a weekly opinion column for the Connecticut Law Tribune.

References

^ "Karen Lee Torre, Attorney". Lawyer.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
^ Liptak, Adam (June 29, 2009). "Supreme Court Finds Bias Against White Firefighters". The New York Times.
^ "[Ricci v. DeStefano] Court of Appeals Oral Argument | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
^ "Law.com".

External links

CNN interview

This American law–related biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Karen Lee Torre, Attorney". Lawyer.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

[2] Liptak, Adam (June 29, 2009). "Supreme Court Finds Bias Against White Firefighters". The New York Times.

[3] "[Ricci v. DeStefano] Court of Appeals Oral Argument | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved August 1, 2022.

[4] "Law.com".

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]