Karen Lee Torre
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Karen Lee Torre is an American attorney based in New Haven, Connecticut, most notable for litigating the landmark Supreme Court case of Ricci v. DeStefano.[1][2] The case was argued by Gregory Coleman before the United States Supreme Court. http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/11/27/news/doc4cf088b9bae80910076263.txt
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.[3]
She writes a weekly opinion column for the Connecticut Law Tribune.
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- ^ Liptak, Adam (29 June 2009). "Supreme Court Finds Bias Against White Firefighters". The New York Times.
- ^ http://articles.courant.com/2011-07-28/news/hc--newhaven-firefighters-0729-20110728_1_white-firefighters-new-haven-frank-ricci
- ^ "Law.com".
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