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Jury awards $6.2M to ex-law agency worker who was paid lower than male colleagues
A New York jury has awarded $6.2 million to an legal professional who sued her regulation agency for allegedly firing her after she complained that she was paid lower than male attorneys who ranked decrease than her. (Picture from Shutterstock)
A New York jury has awarded $6.2 million to an legal professional who sued her regulation agency for allegedly firing her after she complained that she was paid lower than male attorneys who ranked decrease than her.
Denise A. Rubin, a former normal counsel at Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, acquired $5.8 million in punitive damages and $350,000 in compensatory damages after a decade of litigation, Law.com experiences.
The jury in Rubin’s case discovered that she had good religion to file her discrimination declare, through which she stated she was paid lower than male colleagues with much less expertise, regardless that she dealt with managerial duties for the agency, in response to Legislation.com. She alleged that agency founding accomplice Paul Napoli failed to advertise her to accomplice regardless of his promise to take action.
Jurors additionally discovered that Rubin was the goal of retaliation by Napoli, who she stated personally and professionally denigrated her to colleagues and filed “meritless, lewd and professionally damaging” counterclaims towards her, Legislation.com experiences.
“The jury’s verdict acknowledged the extent and severity of Napoli’s illegal retaliation in addition to the impact on Ms. Rubin,” stated Jason Solotaroff of Giskan Solotaroff & Anderson in an e mail to Legislation.com. “This verdict sends a message that employers is not going to be permitted to punish and intimidate discrimination plaintiffs from in search of justice by dragging them via the mud.”
Jack Baughman of Baughman Kroup Bosse, who represents Napoli, stated in an announcement additionally revealed by Legislation.com “Mr. Napoli believes the decision is legally baseless and factually unsupported.” He additionally famous that the courtroom had dismissed the discrimination claims towards the defendants.
“The retaliation discovering—tied to a dismissed declare and primarily based on incomplete information—is not going to face up to enchantment,” Baughman stated.
Baughman additionally contended that Rubin was discovered responsible for breaching her skilled duties.
The jury ordered her to pay the defendants $15,000 for disseminating confidential agency paperwork, which she allegedly posted to defend herself from the agency’s accusations after she was dismissed, Legislation.com experiences.
Napoli Bern’s principals, Napoli and Marc Bern, cut up up and shaped separate companies in 2015, in response to Legislation.com. The companies named as defendants in Rubin’s lawsuit are largely defunct.
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