Success Stories

Sexual Harassment, Gender Discrimination and Retaliation

We represented a female employee who worked for a company as an administrative assistant.

When the owner learned that our client had a tattoo, he constantly begged her to show it to him.  She told him that the tattoo was in her pelvic area and that she did not feel comfortable showing it to her supervisor in the workplace. Despite her objections, he asked, “Is the reason you don’t want to show it to me that you need to shave your pubic hairs?”.. [Read More]

Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

We represented a client who claimed that his employer failed to accommodate his disability and then retaliated against him for his prior complaints of disability discrimination. Our client worked as a doorman for a building in New York for almost 20 years. In 2009, our client provided his employer with a doctor’s note indicating that due to medication he was taking to treat his medical condition, he would have to urinate more frequently and requested to be relieved for period bathroom breaks. Unfortunately, despite repeated complaints that his co-workers refused to relieve him in a timely manner, the employer failed to do anything about it and simply ignored our client’s requests… [Read More]

Pregnancy Discrimination and Retaliation

We represented a client who claimed that her employer subjected her to discrimination based solely on the fact that she was pregnant with her second child. At the time, our client held a senior position at a multi-national bank with exemplary performance evaluations.

However, the employer’s attitude towards our client changed upon learning that she was pregnant with her second child as her supervisor began to make disparaging comments about her pregnancy. He also questioned her commitment in conversations with senior managers in the group, claiming that our client was not sufficiently “reliable” or “senior.” Further, our client overheard several comments from senior managers about the timing of her second pregnancy that stated or implied that she was not committed to her work because she was a pregnant mother…. [Read More]

Disability Discrimination and Retaliation. Designer

Our client worked for a graphics company in Long Island. One day, he felt a sharp pain in his left leg while getting ready for work, but nevertheless decided to “tough it out” and go to work. While at work, the manager noticed that our client was limping and asked about his condition, to which our client replied that he believed he merely had a bad cramp.

A few days later, our client was in extreme pain when he woke up and noticed that his leg had become severely swollen. As such, for the first time during his employment, he was forced to call in sick. He went to the hospital and was diagnosed with Deep Vein Thrombosis. The following morning, our client called his supervisor and informed him of the diagnosis, and notified him that pursuant to his doctor’s instructions… [Read More]

Disability Discrimination in Housing

We represented a tenant who was discriminated against by her landlord solely due to her cancer diagnosis and status as a cancer survivor. Our client was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and colon cancer and had been treated with 2 surgeries and 12 rounds of chemotherapy.

While our client was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for her cancer, she was unable to work and did not have an income, forcing her to work out an alternative payment arrangement with her landlord…. [Read More]