Ex-J. Crew GC Nabs Job While Pushing Suit Against Past Employer

J. Crew Group LLC’s former general counsel has taken a job with a Chicago-based nonprofit as she prepares for depositions tied to her ongoing wrongful termination lawsuit against her former employer.

Maria DiLorenzo last month was named general counsel for the Erikson Institute, which focuses on early childhood education and development, including for those with disabilities.

She “has several depositions in the coming weeks,” one of her lawyers in the J. Crew case said in a filing Tuesday. DiLorenzo alleged in her late 2021 lawsuit that the clothing retailer fired her after she lost hearing in one ear. Her civil ...