Jones Day Couple Seeks Win, Sanctions in Leave, Pay Bias Lawsuit

Two married former Jones Day associates say they’ve proved their paternity leave bias and retaliatory firing claims, making a trial largely unnecessary in the case.

The same evidence also requires denial of the Dec. 2 motion for summary judgment filed by Jones Day, former managing partner Stephen Brogan, and partners Michael Shumaker and Beth Heifetz, Mark Savignac and Julia Sheketoff told the US District Court for the District of Columbia Jan. 27.

And Jones Day’s motion for sanctions, which was also filed Dec. 2, likewise is off-base and grounds for sanctioning the firm, Savignac and Sheketoff said in ...