Bloomberg Law
July 26, 2019, 11:16 PM UTC

LeClairRyan, ULX Partners Sued for Gender Pay Bias

Meghan Tribe
Meghan Tribe
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LeClairRyan and its joint venture with UnitedLex are being sued by a former marketing specialist for gender pay discrimination as the firm grapples with a deluge of partner departures and uncertainty about its next steps.

An attorney for Marci Keatts, a former marketing coordinator and manager at LeClairRyan told Bloomberg Law that the suit was filed Friday in the Eastern District of Virginia.

The suit alleges that LeClairRyan and ULX Partners paid her “significantly less” than a male subordinate which was a part of a broader discriminatory compensation scheme at the firm.

Rather than correct the disparity, Keatts alleges that ...

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