Dechert LLP, Black Ex-Employee Settle Bias, Retaliation Case (1)

Dechert LLP and a Black former employee settled her case after a trial court rejected her claims that she received lower than deserved performance ratings, was given an excessive workload, and was otherwise mistreated because of her race, federal court records show.

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit filed an order Wednesday dismissing Celiena McClelland’s appeal in the Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act case.

The dismissal order was entered after the parties filed a stipulation with the Third Circuit Wednesday stating that they had reached a settlement through the court’s appellate mediation program.

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