Legal Opinion
Baird v. Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 28, 2002No. 02 Civ. 345(DC)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
In this employment discrimination case, plaintiffs Rachel M. Baird and Bonnie Porter alleged that their former employer, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (the “Firm”), discriminated against them because of their gender. Plaintiffs alleged that they were relegated to the Firm’s “non-partnership track” — which they have described as a “female ghetto” — -while the more prestigious, higher-paying “partnership track” was reserved almost exclusively for men.
The case was launched with great fanfare, and received extensive media coverage when it was filed in January 2002.…
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