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REPRESENTATIVE CASES

We have successfully litigated and negotiated equitable settlements on behalf of employees in numerous cases, including:

  • A female employee of a large kitchenware retailer who was sexually harassed by her supervisor who was twice her age

  • An Asian employee of a construction company who was verbally taunted with ethnic and racial slurs and then physically assaulted by a co-worker.

  • An attorney at a large insurance company who was termination shortly after informing her supervisor that she was pregnant.

  • A pregnant university employee threatened with termination moments after informing her employee she was pregnant.

  • An African-American sales executive who was repeatedly subjected to racial comments and offensive jokes by a co-worker and manager and was terminated days after complaining about the same to management.

  • A bio-tech company executive employee who was induced to accept employment with her employer under false pretenses.

  • A fast-food restaurant manager falsely accused of theft.

  • The director of nursing of a nursing home terminated after complaining of patient care issues.

  • A gay music store manager terminated shortly after informing his manager that he was gay.

  • An asthmatic federal employee transferred to a dust and mold-ridden warehouse even after the employer was notified by his doctors he could not work under those conditions.

  • An executive in the financial industry whose job was “eliminated” while he was on medical leave for chemotherapy treatments only to find out that his position had in fact been filled by another employee.

  • A female veterinary employee who was sexually harassed by her female manager and terminated after complaining regarding the same.

  • A Muslim IT employee subjected to offensive comments concerning his religion and country of national origin and terminated after complaining about the same.

  • A heterosexual accused of being gay by co-worker who taunted and physically assaulted him.

  • A female insurance company employee terminated after being falsely accused of sexually harassing a fellow employee.

  • A male construction worker terminated days after requesting Family Medical Leave after the birth of his first child.


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