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Jury awards $6.2M to ex-law agency worker who was paid lower than male colleagues
June 16, 2025, 12:03 pm CDT
A New York jury has awarded $6.2 million to an legal professional who sued her regulation agency for allegedly firing her after she complained that she was paid lower than male attorneys who ranked decrease than her. (Picture from Shutterstock)
A New York jury has awarded $6.2 million to an legal professional who sued her regulation agency for allegedly firing her after she complained that she was paid lower than male attorneys who ranked decrease than her.
Denise A. Rubin, a former basic counsel at Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, obtained $5.8 million in punitive damages and $350,000 in compensatory damages after a decade of litigation, Regulation.com reviews.
The jury in Rubin’s case discovered that she had good religion to file her discrimination declare, during which she stated she was paid lower than male colleagues with much less expertise, regardless that she dealt with managerial duties for the agency, in response to Regulation.com. She alleged that agency founding associate Paul Napoli failed to advertise her to associate regardless of his promise to take action.
Jurors additionally discovered that Rubin was the goal of retaliation by Napoli, who she stated personally and professionally denigrated her to colleagues and filed “meritless, lewd and professionally damaging” counterclaims in opposition to her, Regulation.com reviews.
“The jury’s verdict acknowledged the extent and severity of Napoli’s illegal retaliation in addition to the impact on Ms. Rubin,” stated Jason Solotaroff of Giskan Solotaroff & Anderson in an e-mail to Regulation.com. “This verdict sends a message that employers is not going to be permitted to punish and intimidate discrimination plaintiffs from looking for justice by dragging them by the mud.”
Jack Baughman of Baughman Kroup Bosse, who represents Napoli, stated in a press release additionally printed by Regulation.com “Mr. Napoli believes the decision is legally baseless and factually unsupported.” He additionally famous that the court docket had dismissed the discrimination claims in opposition to the defendants.
“The retaliation discovering—tied to a dismissed declare and primarily based on incomplete information—is not going to stand up to enchantment,” Baughman stated.
Baughman additionally contended that Rubin was discovered responsible for breaching her skilled duties.
The jury ordered her to pay the defendants $15,000 for disseminating confidential agency paperwork, which she allegedly posted to defend herself from the agency’s accusations after she was dismissed, Regulation.com reviews.
Napoli Bern’s principals, Napoli and Marc Bern, break up up and fashioned separate companies in 2015, in response to Regulation.com. The companies named as defendants in Rubin’s lawsuit are largely defunct.
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