(Photo: Shutterstock) suspend a partner tweet online post Tuesday Above the Law Christen Luikart post on the Volokh Conspiracy here has said We can't have real gender equality and real pay equity if we don't have institutions that support us, institutions that don't penalize us for what we have to do," she said. " On the other hand, I don't think he should have been disciplined for this. It's a meritorious argument." "In my judgment, I would not want one of our lawyers to be advocating against someone who had a personal consideration on the magnitude of a pregnancy," said Reich, who teaches on ethics at the University of Pennsylvania law school. "It's not the culture that I ever strove to develop at my firm." "Your duty of zealous advocacy has a role in every litigation, but there are limits of appropriate human considerations that must be balanced against that level of advocacy." Read More: In Defense of a White, Middle-Aged Male Florida Attorneys Could Soon Get New Parental Leave Rule 5 Lessons From the Backlash Against Male Attorney Who Fought Pregnant Lawyer's Request for Continuance