A Judge Reinstated the Pension of a Black Police Officer Fired After Stopping a White Colleague's Chokehold, Citing George Floyd

Kirkland is mentioned in Insider regarding the Firm's role in a case that reinstated the pension of Cariol Horne, a former police officer who was fired for stopping a colleague's chokehold on a handcuffed man in 2006.

"...Attorneys from Kirkland & Ellis, a high-powered law firm, and members of the Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law School represented Horne pro-bono to sue the city again."

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