Employment contract signing.

A New Jersey law firm has resorted to litigation in hopes of heading off a lawsuit by one of its former attorneys.

Davis, Saperstein & Salomon filed suit against Lisa A. Lehrer on Nov. 20 in Bergen County Superior Court, seeking a judicial declaration that a release and waiver of claims she previously signed is enforceable, and that an arbitration agreement precludes her from suing the firm for alleged discrimination.