A female DLA Piper partner is asking the firm to release her from a mandatory arbitration agreement so she can pursue sex discrimination charges against it and a male partner.
Vanina Guerrero, based in Silicon Valley, is also requesting a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into her allegations that partner Louis Lehot sexually harassed her, and then retaliated against her for reporting the alleged misconduct, according to an Oct. 1 letter sent to DLA Piper co-chairs Roger Meltzer and Jay Rains.
“We are aware of these allegations by one of our partners and take them seriously,” DLA Piper said ...
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