Comments on: Jury Awards Paralegal $700,000 in Pregnancy Discrimination Case

By: SmokeVanThorn

SmokeVanThorn — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:00:46 +0000

David – Other reasons law firms are subject to so many suits: their employees (including attorneys) (1) are more aware of their potential claims; (2) are more litigious and (3) have more access to legal resources.

By: David Wisniewski

David Wisniewski — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:14:54 +0000

It is interesting how law firms are subject to so many Title VII suits. You would think that them being attorneys, they would know what is and isn’t discrimination and what is and isn’t permissible. Part of the reason, I think, is that some attorneys are arrogant and think that the “rules” don’t apply to them.

By: Daniel Schwartz

Daniel Schwartz — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:55:08 +0000

Good point and I didn’t mean to suggest that I knew anything about that lawfirm — only that stereotypes exist about lawyers in general. The public (and juries) sometimes don’t make the distinctions sometimes that lawyers do. In my world of employment law, people call me almost daily to represent them — unaware that I typically represent companies.

By: shg

shg — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:25:52 +0000

SF&P is a small tax cert firm on Long Island. Not exactly a “hard-charging” Biglaw outfit. Nice guys doing volume work.