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Gender Discrimination
In 2004, our firm successfully reinstated a gender discrimination case which made
headlines because it was the first time the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that
discrimination against caregivers violates the civil rights laws. In this case, our client,
a public school psychologist, alleged that she was denied tenure because management
decided that she would not be committed to her position since she was raising young
children. After the trial court dismissed the case, the Second Circuit reinstated it,
finding that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the U.S. Constitution
prohibits this kind of gender stereotyping. Back v. Hastings-on-Hudson School
District, 365 F.3d 107 (2d Cir. 2005).
In 2008, we successfully repelled a motion for summary judgment in a gender
discrimination case against Vassar College on behalf of a woman who claimed that she
was subjected to a hostile work environment and retaliation for complaining about that
environment. The case settled prior to trial. Krikelis v. Vassar College, 581 F. Supp.
2d 476 (S.D.N.Y. 2008).
In 2006, we represented a woman who claimed that the Town of Warwick refused to
hire her because she was a woman. The plaintiff sought employment with the
Department of Public Works. She argued that the Town’s “old boy’s club” did not
want a woman handling these job responsibilities. The case settled on the eve of trial.
Hoge v. Town of Warwick, 05 Civ. 4730 (MDF).
In 2004, our firm successfully reinstated a gender discrimination case which made
headlines because it was the first time the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that
discrimination against caregivers violates the civil rights laws. In this case, our client,
a public school psychologist, alleged that she was denied tenure because management
decided that she would not be committed to her position since she was raising young
children. After the trial court dismissed the case, the Second Circuit reinstated it,
finding that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the U.S. Constitution
prohibits this kind of gender stereotyping. Back v. Hastings-on-Hudson School
District, 365 F.3d 107 (2d Cir. 2005).
In 2008, we successfully repelled a motion for summary judgment in a gender
discrimination case against Vassar College on behalf of a woman who claimed that she
was subjected to a hostile work environment and retaliation for complaining about that
environment. The case settled prior to trial. Krikelis v. Vassar College, 581 F. Supp.
2d 476 (S.D.N.Y. 2008).
In 2006, we represented a woman who claimed that the Town of Warwick refused to
hire her because she was a woman. The plaintiff sought employment with the
Department of Public Works. She argued that the Town’s “old boy’s club” did not
want a woman handling these job responsibilities. The case settled on the eve of trial.
Hoge v. Town of Warwick, 05 Civ. 4730 (MDF).