Two married former associates suing Jones Day for job bias must reveal the name of everyone they consulted prior to telling the firm they believed its denial of the same parental leave to male employees it gives to female employees violates the law, a D.C. federal judge ruled.
Jones Day’s discovery demand on Mark Savignac and Julia Sheketoff is relevant to the former Supreme Court clerks’ employment discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said.
When the firm denied Savignac’s leave request the couple objected that the firm’s parental and disability leave policies violates federal and local law because they afford male employees eight weeks less leave for the birth of a child than female employees can use.
They stated in an email that they drew that conclusion after closely reviewing applicable case law and discussing the issue with “other competent attorneys,” the court said.
Jones Day was correct that the couples’ statement made those lawyers—and whoever else they spoke with in forming their impression that the firm’s policies are sex discriminatory—potential witnesses regarding a key fact and Savignac’s claim that he was illegally fired for sending the email, the court said Feb. 20.
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