Gay Lawyer Says Polsinelli’s Diversity Push ‘Marketing Ploy’ (1)

Polsinelli PC’s push to increase its level of diversity and inclusion was just an empty attempt to shed its reputation as a Midwestern, “good old boys” law firm, for which its 800-plus workforce pay “the real-world consequences,” a gay former partner charges in a federal lawsuit in Texas.

That includes Polisnelli’s recent creation of a chief diversity and inclusion officer position, Trey Monsour said Tuesday in his suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

The person hired into that job has no real power and instead must collaborate with the firm’s leadership regarding D&I ...