Judge calls Baylor, law firm on the carpet for not producing evidence
AUSTIN — A judge considering sanctions against Pepper Hamilton said Monday that the Philadelphia law firm made a “risky” and “ill-advised” decision to ignore a subpoena and his discovery orders in a lawsuit involving the Baylor University sex assault scandal.
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman conducted a 90-minute show-cause hearing Monday in Austin on persistent failures by Baylor and Pepper Hamilton over the last three years to produce materials to attorneys for former Baylor students in their Title IX lawsuits against the Baptist school.
While Pitman noted in a June 7 order that sanctions against Pepper Hamilton are proper, he took the issue under advisement and will rule later. Pepper Hamilton is not a defendant in the lawsuits.
Baylor hired Pepper Hamilton in August 2015 in the midst of the sexual assault scandal to conduct an investigation into how Baylor responded to sexual assault and Title IX violation allegations. Pepper Hamilton attorneys Leslie Gomez and Gina Smith issued a scathing list of findings to the university, which they said represented a “fundamental failure” in how such matters should be handled.
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