Female Chinese Ex-Napoli Shkolnik Lawyer Advances Job Bias Suit

Napoli Shkolnik PLLC and two former principals were denied dismissal of a one-time department head’s claims that she was demoted and terminated because she’s Chinese American, a woman, and she complained about bias.

Selma Moy’s lawsuit includes enough detail to state plausible discrimination and retaliation claims under federal, state, and city law against the personal injury firm and Paul and Marie Napoli, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said. It cited the US Supreme Court’s April 17 ruling in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis in finding Moy’s allegations cleared the pleading bar under 42 ...