Overview
Steptoe’s federal court success for Fethullah Gülen, an internationally respected Turkish scholar, preacher and peace activist, was covered by numerous media outlets including the Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal.
On June 29, the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissed a lawsuit that had been filed against Mr. Gülen at the behest of the Turkish government and denied the plaintiffs’ request for permission to amend their complaint. Steptoe’s Reid Weingarten and Michael Miller represented Mr. Gülen in the litigation.
Mr. Miller, who argued the motion to dismiss, called the case a “politically motivated attack leveled...against Mr. Gülen, for doing nothing more than publicly accusing the Erdogan administration of being corrupt and authoritarian.”
Along with Mr. Weingarten and Mr. Miller, the Steptoe defense team included Michael Keough, all in the firm’s New York office, and John O’Connor and Jason Weinstein in the firm’s Washington office.
The full articles can be read at the Associated Press, Bloomberg BNA and The Wall Street Journal.
