For Women Who Sued Firms, Alienation Followed

Kamee Verdrager was an associate at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris & Popeo when she sued the firm on claims of gender bias in 2009. Her career has never been the same since then, she said.

“There are people who were at my wedding who do not speak to me,” Verdrager told Big Law Business.

Law firm leaders often discuss how to achieve gender parity in the legal profession, which studies show is still dominated by men. But the discussions at conferences and retreats rarely bridge the subject of sexual harassment or gender discrimination, and more importantly, what happens to women ...