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

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".

External links

• CNN interview