Karen Lee Torre

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.

References
  1. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/us/30scotus.html
  2. http://articles.courant.com/2011-07-28/news/hc--newhaven-firefighters-0729-20110728_1_white-firefighters-new-haven-frank-ricci
  3. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=900005517556


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