Charles Centinaro, the Office of Attorney Ethics director accused in a lawsuit of showing hostility to women and running his agency like a “boys club,” has been dismissed from the case.

The ruling by Mercer County Superior Court Judge Janetta Marbrey leaves the Office of Attorney Ethics as the sole defendant in the sex discrimination suit brought by Melissa Urban, who claims she was passed over for the job of first assistant ethics counsel in favor of a less-qualified male applicant. The judge granted the motion to dismiss Centinaro after his lawyer argued Centinaro could not be found individually liable under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination for his decision not to promote Urban.

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