Ex-Partners in Sex Bias Suit Seek Chadbourne Leaders' Personal Emails
Lawyers for three former Chadbourne partners are asking to dig into the personal email accounts of the firm leaders named in a $100 million gender discrimination lawsuit.
November 08, 2017 at 05:43 PM
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Attorneys representing three ex-partners of Chadbourne & Parke in a sex discrimination lawsuit against the now-defunct law firm are seeking to dig into the personal email accounts of the Chadbourne leaders named in the suit, as well as emails of certain former partners who allegedly had disagreements with Chadbourne's management committee.
The dispute is the latest battle in a $100 million discrimination case brought by three former Chadbourne partners, Kerrie Campbell, Mary Yelenick and Jaroslawa Zelinsky Johnson. The ex-partners and Chadbourne, now part of Norton Rose Fulbright, have been ordered to conduct limited discovery to determine if the three deserve protection under employment laws, or if their former status as partners of the firm disqualifies them from bringing the suit.
In asking for information beyond office documents, plaintiffs attorney David Sanford of Sanford Heisler Sharp said in a letter filed in court Tuesday that the defense has taken the position that plaintiffs' personal email should be searched, and the court should require the same of the individual defendants.
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