Polsinelli Fires Back at an Ex-Partner’s Sex Harassment Suit (1)

A former Polsinelli PC partner, who claims senior attorneys sexually harassed her, failed to adequately plead some of her claims and should have to arbitrate others, lawyers for the law firm told a federal judge.

The ex-shareholder’s claims are “legally and factually deficient,” in part because she failed to bring her claims under Missouri law as required by her employment agreement with the Kansas City-based firm, according to documents filed Thursday as part of Polsinelli’s motion to dismiss in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

Julia Rix joined the firm’s Washington office in 2021. Two years later, ...