Thompson Hine Lawyer Fights Firm’s Harassment Arbitration Appeal

A former Thompson Hine LLP partner told the Second Circuit her allegations of misogynist comments, unequal scrutiny, and exclusion by a New York litigation vice chair assert sexual harassment claims, entitling her to bypass arbitration.

The firm and co-defendants Richard A. De Palma and Deborah Zider Read are wrong that a district judge improperly allowed her to keep her federal, state, and New York City job bias lawsuit in court because her allegations triggered the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, Rebecca Brazzano said. All that’s required for the 2022 law to apply is the ...