BB&K Partners Howard Golds and John Higginbotham represented the City of Redlands in Aladdin Masry v. City of Redlands. The case involved claims by a Middle Eastern-origin employee that he was subjected to workplace hostility after the September 11 terrorist attacks, and then terminated because of his ethnicity and national origin. BB&K prevailed on summary judgment by convincing the court that plaintiff was terminated for poor performance and other reasons unrelated to plaintiff’s national origin.