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16651. SARA HUNTER HUDSON plf-ap, CATHERINE WHARTON, PLAINTIFF, v. MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. def-res — Vladeck, Raskin & Clark, P.C., New York (Anne L. Clark of counsel), for ap — Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C., Birmingham, AL (Rima F. Hartman of the bar of the State of Alabama and the State of Washington, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for res — Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Cynthia S. Kern, J.), entered April 23, 2014, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint asserting gender discrimination under the New York City Human Rights Law, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In 2008 and early 2009, plaintiffs Sara Hunter Hudson and Julia Kuo were enrolled in a financial advisor training program at the Fifth Avenue branch of defendant Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. The training program consisted of three phases of development. The first was the Trainee Period, which lasted up to 17 weeks. During this phase, the trainees were required to pass licensing exams and an initial developmental assessment. Upon completion of the Trainee Period, the trainees received a production number, which allowed them to bring in business, and entered the next phase, known as Stage I.

 
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