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Gay Law School Dean Sues For Discrimination, Alleging He Was Fired Because He Married His Husband

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Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law is facing a lawsuit from its former dean, Paul Paton, who alleges he was fired because he’s gay, and that the university used a pretextual budget dispute to cover its tracks. The complaint (available below), filed June 1 in Orange County Superior Court, lays out a meticulous narrative: Paton, the first openly gay dean in Chapman law school history, was hired in 2023, married his husband in October 2024, …

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Gay Law School Dean Sues For Discrimination, Alleging He Was Fired Because He Married His Husband

Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law is facing a lawsuit from its former dean, Paul Paton, who alleges he was fired because he’s gay, and that the university used a pretextual budget dispute to cover its tracks. The complaint (available below), filed June 1 in Orange County Superior Court, lays out a meticulous narrative: Paton, the first openly gay dean in Chapman law school history, was hired in 2023, married his husband in October 2024, …

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Above the Law broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.
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