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‘Star Associate’ Alleges Breakdown Over Work Conditions, Sues Sedgwick & Partner
Posted Nov 6, 2009, 01:20 pm CST
By Martha Neil
A former associate in the New York office of Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold has filed a disability discrimination suit against the firm and an a partner he alleges was abusive, contending that he was driven to a breakdown with overwork and mistreatment and then abruptly fired when he had recovered and was ready to return to work.
Above the Law provides a link to the complaint (PDF) filed by Alan Levy filed in New York Supreme Court late last month. It contends that Levy had for years been the "star associate" of the New York office and was the top-billing associate in all of the law firm's 13 offices when the "ferocious pace"… Continue reading...
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