Lawyer Fired Over Timekeeping Issues Loses Disability Bias Suit

Cleveland-based Gallagher Sharp LLP doesn’t have to face an attorney’s suit alleging he was denied an accommodation for and fired because of his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a federal judge ruled.

The law firm was entitled to judgment on the pleadings because the former general litigation associate failed to describe what accommodations he requested for his inability to comply with its policy on recording billable hours, the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio said Thursday. He also didn’t allege how any accommodation that was sought was reasonable, the court said.

• Daniel Lonergan simply asserted that he repeatedly ...