​​​​​​Discrimination Harassment

• Serves as one of the lead partners representing a major manufacturer in state-wide class action litigation involving complex and novel claims of discrimination and harassment.
• Obtained summary judgment, affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Third Circuit, in multi-plaintiff race discrimination/harassment case involving allegations of racially derogatory postings, racial epithets by a supervisor and claims of failure to promote and other disparate treatment.
• Obtained summary judgment in a case involving allegations of race discrimination and retaliation by a former employee who claimed that client's employee handbook, as it relates to attendance, was applied unfairly and unequally because of race.
• Granted summary judgment in favor of communications client on race, retaliation and national origin discrimination claim.
• Obtained defense verdict in favor of client after a three-week jury trial; claims included age and disability discrimination.
• Obtained defense verdict in favor of client after 2.5-week jury trial; claims included race discrimination and retaliation Successfully obtained complete withdrawal of plaintiff's claim of sexual harassment and retaliation following jury trial.
• Obtained motion to dismiss in representation of a major energy company in a disability discrimination suit brought under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), alleging multiple failures to provide accessible public accommodations at eight gas stations.
• Obtained summary judgment, affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, for a health care provider against multiple claims of national origin, age and race discrimination in a failure-to-hire case, as well as allegations under Title VI based on the client's receipt of federal funding through Medicare payments.
• Obtained dismissal of race discrimination and retaliation claim filed by a long-term African-American employee who alleged that the client violated the collective bargaining agreement when certain managers disqualified him from his position as a management representative and also alleged that the client's discipline policy discriminates against African-American employees; motion to dismiss was granted, with no appeal filed and no monetary sum paid to plaintiff.
• Successfully handled a disability discrimination action brought by a management employee of more than 20 years; settlement was reached in court as trial was scheduled to begin, with client paying no attorneys' fees to plaintiff's counsel and providing funds only to bridge retirement eligibility.
• Litigated nationwide civil rights class action, earning a nuisance settlement in client's favor.