Dechert LLP and a Black former employee settled her case after a trial court rejected her claims that she received lower than deserved performance ratings, was given an excessive workload, and was otherwise mistreated because of her race, federal court records show.
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit filed an order Wednesday dismissing Celiena McClelland’s appeal in the Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act case.
The dismissal order was entered after the parties filed a stipulation with the Third Circuit Wednesday stating that they had reached a settlement through the court’s appellate mediation program.
Terms of the settlement weren’t included in the court record.
The terms are confidential, Holland & Knight partner Carolyn Short said, responding to a request for comment. “Dechert is pleased that the case has been dismissed without appeal,” she said. Counsel for McClelland didn’t immediately respond requests for comment on Wednesday.
McClelland was appealing the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s June 10 grant of summary judgment on her claims. The former billing department employee didn’t establish a prima facie proof of discrimination because, among other things, she was never subjected to any racial remarks while working at Dechert, the district court said.
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