BDO Sued by Former Partner Fired After Leave for Son’s Stroke

A former tax partner at BDO USA, PC claims the firm discriminated and retaliated against her after she took medical leave to care for her son who was recovering from a stroke.

The lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday said the tax firm cut the partner’s pay by roughly $100,000 and fired her just before she was due to receive millions of dollars from an employee stock ownership plan transaction.

Eleni Lagos’ termination in April 2023 coincided with the timing of BDO’s corporate restructuring from a partnership to an ESOP ...