Six women filed a lawsuit against international law firm Jones Day accusing it of systemic discrimination against its female associates by way of lower pay and narrowed career opportunities.
The firm’s admitted practice of pay confidentiality, combined with the “nearly absolute control” exercised by Jones Day’s Managing Partner Steve Brogan, has resulted in an opaque review system that allows bias and retaliation to run unchecked, Nilab Tolton, Andrea Mazingo, and four Jane Does say in their April 3 complaint.
The lawsuit against Jones Day adds to the wave of gender discrimination cases against premier law firms since 2016.
Sanford Heisler ...