Fulton DA Settles Sex Discrimination Claim for $285K
The plaintiff claimed he was told "the position would only be filled by a woman because some jobs are not for certain people."
April 17, 2019 at 04:15 PM
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Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard has agreed to pay $285,000 to settle a former investigator's sex discrimination claims.
County attorneys defending Howard and the DA's chief criminal investigator, Cynthia Nwokocha, on Monday joined with Atlanta attorney Mario Williams to notify U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Clay Fuller they have settled the two-year-old federal sex discrimination and retaliation case after a court-ordered mediation, according to court records. Williams said the settlement is $285,000.
Governor Henderson sued Howard and Nwokocha in 2017 after Henderson—a longtime investigator with the DA's Crimes Against Women and Children Task Force—was informed by Nwokocha that he was ineligible for a senior post as Howard's human-trafficking investigator because the position was reserved for women, according to Henderson's federal complaint.
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