Workflows: Partner Who Sued Proskauer for Gender Bias Joins Polsinelli

Connie Bertram, the employment partner who settled a sex discrimination lawsuit against Proskauer Rose in August, joined Polsinelli as a shareholder in D.C.

Polsinelli has “a great collaborative culture,” Bertram said in a statement provided to Bloomberg Law. The terms of her bias lawsuit haven’t been disclosed. She alleged she was paid less than male colleagues and that her complaints about salary were met with retaliation.

Bertram’s practice focuses on government contractors, whistleblowers, trade secrets, and False Claims Act litigation. Her addition to the Polsinelli group is part of the firm’s continuing emphasis on expanding its national labor and employment practice, the firm said in a statement.

More News About Worklaw Attorneys

Emily Costin, a partner in Alston & Bird’s ERISA litigation group in Washington, is the new chair of the American Bar Association’s Joint Committee on Employee Benefits.

Worklaw firm Fisher Phillips added associates Spring Taylor in Kansas City, Mo., and Devin E. Rauchwerger in Los Angeles.

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani elevated the following employment lawyers to partnership: Benjamin Levine and Christopher Seacord in New York; Laurie DeYoung, Linh Hua, and Michelle Steinhardt in Los Angeles; Beatriz Berumen in Sacramento, Calif.; and Travis Jang-Busby in San Diego.

Three partners joined the labor, employment, and benefits group at Holland & Knight—Thomas Hill and Christina Tellado in Los Angeles and Sara Begley in Philadelphia.

Vedder Price welcomed Eugene A. Boyle as a shareholder in its labor and employment practice in Chicago.

The Wagner Law Group in Boston added two ERISA attorneys, Candace L. Quinn as a partner and Michael Burwick as a counsel.

Willig, Williams & Davidson in Philadelphia welcomed labor and employment attorneys Jessica R. Brown as a counsel and Jessica C. Caggiano as an associate.