What You Need to Know

• A former Los Angeles partner brought multiple discrimination claims against Akerman.
• In a suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Michelle Flores alleged she was discriminated against based on her race and gender, as well as her disability.
• Flores claims her rates and hours were cut, she was denied associates and support staff, and she was forced to do non-billable work.

A former Los Angeles Akerman partner has filed a lawsuit against the firm and its labor and employment practice group chair, Eric Gordon, for alleged discrimination and harassment.

The civil suit, surfaced Tuesday by Law.com Radar, was filed this week in Los Angeles Superior Court by Michelle Lee Flores, a 57-year-old labor and employment litigator who joined Akerman in February 2018.

Flores’ suit claims that she was subject to numerous types of discrimination and “unwanted harassment” based on her gender, disability status, and race while working at Akerman, as well as retaliation for reporting said issues, stating she was "treated differently and less favorably than her similarly situated non-Latina and male counterparts.”

A spokesperson for Akerman declined to comment, stating in an email, "We do not comment on pending litigation." Gordon also did not respond to a request for comment.

According to the complaint, Akerman allegedly “unreasonably cut Flores' rate and the amount of her billable hours," forced her to work on non-billable items, and required her to handle cases...

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