Anderson Kill’s former chief financial officer is suing the law firm for discrimination and retaliation, alleging he was pushed out after suffering a neurological injury.
Paul Schwartz was injured in February 2022 when he fell at his home, suffering “post-concussion syndrome” and causing him to reduce his work hours on the advice of doctors, he said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The firm allegedly began pressuring him to return to work full-time shortly after the accident, demoted him when he resisted, and eventually fired him.
The 65-year-old Schwartz is suing the firm—as well as executive director George Anderson and counsel Dona Kahn—for disability, age, and sex discrimination, among other claims.
“The lawsuit is baseless and we expect to prevail fully,” Robert Horkovich, the firm’s New York managing shareholder, said in an email.
Schwartz joined the firm in 2002 after stints at Greenberg Trarurig and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel. He was earning $302,000 as CFO with yearly bonuses ranging from $75,000 to $80,000, according to the complaint.
Schwartz said he was later demoted to billing manager and eventually fired.
Attorneys at Young & Ma are representing Schwartz. The firm declined to clarify which attorneys at the firm are on Schwartz’s case. Jean Schmidt of Littler Mendelson is representing Anderson Kill.
The case is Schwartz v. Anderson Kill P.C., S.D.N.Y., No. 1:23-cv-07204, 8/15/2023
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