Kenneth Freeling, a former Dewey & LeBoeuf litigation partner who became of counsel at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., died Thursday after reportedly falling several floors from his New York apartment building.

The New York Post reported that Freeling fell in the early morning hours from a luxury high-rise on Park Avenue where he lived in Manhattan. He landed on a terrace in front of several people running on treadmills in the building’s second-floor gym. Freeling, 59, was pronounced dead at the scene.