Ogletree Deakins discriminates against female shareholders as a class, denying them equal pay, promotions, and other job opportunities, a $300 million lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco charges.
The proposed class action complaint is the latest is a line of multi-million dollar sex discrimination lawsuits filed against big name management-side labor and employment law firms. Chadbourne & Parke and Proskauer Rose are among the others that have been sued.
Male Ogletree shareholders dominate decision-making “at every level of the Firm’s management and leadership structure,” the Jan. 12 complaint filed by attorney Dawn Knepper says. Knepper is a nonequity ...