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Jack Tuckner’s preliminary response to the false allegations filed against him

By Jack Tuckner, Esq.

As many of you know, I have recently been viciously attacked, along with the discrimination law firm which I have co-founded, Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP, by a former employee, Lisa Brockington.

Ms. Brockington, the person now making these despicable and false allegations against the firm in general and me in particular, was a former client whom we aided and supported in her time of need before hiring her during her period of unemployment in December 2006. As anyone who has telephoned our firm from the moment of her hire until the day she quit would attest, Ms. Brockington only used kind and supportive words to describe my own lawyering skills, personality and deep commitment to my clients. Ms. Brockingtonâ€™s own words completely undermine her present claims against me.

Her sensationalistic allegations, replete as they are with shocking and personally outrageous and destructive claims against me and this firm, are, simply stated, all lies. As a careful reading of her â€œstoryâ€ will reveal, some of her allegations could not have actually occurred during the time period during which she worked for this firm, others are mere fantasy and pure fiction, and others are her attempt to conflate personal private, consensual behavior–of which Iâ€™ve been an outspoken champion for the entirety of my professional life–with non-existent workplace activity.

The local tabloid media reported these entirely unfounded and baseless claims against me and this firm raised by this one former disgruntled employee, yet did not feel it prudent or necessary to investigate her story in a quest for the whole truth. Did the tabloids interview any of the five female interns working at this office at the present time to determine if there was any truth to these allegations? The answer is no. There have been approximately fifty student interns and paralegals who have worked at this firm over the last five years. Did the tabloids interview any of these mostly young women to determine whether these allegations were true? Did the tabloids check with any other employees, clients or adversaries to determine whether Iâ€™m even capable of that type of conduct? Guess what the answer is? Did the tabloids ask any of the many other attorneys who work in our law suite whether they ever heard or saw anything that rose to the level of the outrageous claims contained in Lisa Brockingtonâ€™s complaint? Of course not.

Everyone who knows me, from my adversaries, partner, clients, colleagues, family and friends, all understand that her allegations are baseless. While Lisa Brockington and the tabloid media have already inflicted their intended damage on me and my firm (not to mention my teenager daughters), we will aggressively contest in court the false charges contained in her complaint.

Tuckner, Sipser has always fought on behalf of people who have been wrongfully harmed. We want to assure our current and prospective clients that even in this time of challenge for our firm, we will continue to stand for the empowerment of working men and women against unlawful and discriminatory practices.