Two Ex-SCOTUS Clerks Sue Jones Day, Alleging Anti-Male Bias
Two married former associates who clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer say the firm discriminates against fathers by providing them eight fewer weeks of parental leave than mothers.
August 14, 2019 at 02:07 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
Jones Day doesn’t just allegedly discriminate against women, according to a new gender bias lawsuit filed against the firm this week. A married couple who worked as associates in the firm’s prestigious issues and appeals practice after clerking on the U.S. Supreme Court say the firm’s parental leave policy is unfair to men.
Mark Savignac and Julia Sheketoff alleged in a complaint filed in Washington, D.C., federal court that while they intend to share equally in raising their son, the firm discriminates against fathers by providing them eight fewer weeks of parental leave.
“Jones Day’s discriminatory policy gives mothers more time to care for and bond with their babies than fathers receive,” said the couple, who met when clerking for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
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