Ogletree Deakins, Female Lawyer Tell Court Sex Bias Suit Dropped

Ogletree Deakins and a female attorney who in 2018 hit the firm with a proposed $300 million sex bias class action told the Central District of California she has agreed to dismiss her remaining claims.

The firm and Dawn Knepper informed the court of their agreement to end the case in a joint stipulation filed Friday. Terms of the apparent settlement weren’t disclosed and counsel for the parties weren’t immediately available for comment.

Knepper, a nonequity shareholder in the Orange County, Calif., office of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, sued in January 2018, alleging male shareholders dominate the ...