Pregnancy & Sex Discrimination
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| Nature of Case | Results | Jurisdiction |
| Pregnancy Discrimination in Employment; Demotion |
Procured a settlement for a female Chief Financial Officer demoted while on pregnancy leave. | United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment; Pregnancy Discrimination; Retaliation; Reduction in Force |
Procured a settlement for a female Lab Technician whose job was eliminated as part of an alleged reduction in force by the married male Executive Director of a global Research and Development organization after he impregnated her and she returned from pregnancy leave and ended his affair with her. | United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination; Reduction in Pay and Forced Resignation |
Obtained a settlement for a Senior Registered Client Service Associate of a Fortune 100 company who was forced to resign after a reduction in her pay and a transfer from a desk to a cubicle shortly after she returned from disability and maternity leaves after a difficult pregnancy. | United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| Severance; Retaliation; Sex Discrimination |
Negotiated a severance package for a bank’s female Senior Vice President discharged after informing the CEO he was running an “all boys’ club.” | Out-of-Court Settlement |
| Denial of Promotion; Retaliation; Involuntary Transfer; Sex and Age Discrimination in Employment |
Won an EEOC determination of cause for discrimination and procured a settlement for a 48 year old female executive denied a promotion and involuntarily transferred to another department after she complained of sex and age discrimination by her younger male manager. | United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |