NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Sanford Heisler Sharp legal team representing Graham Chase Robinson, the former vice president of production and finance for Robert De Niro’s production company Canal Productions, will select an 8-person jury and present their opening statement in her gender discrimination case against the actor and his company.
Robinson v. De Niro begins today at 9:00 a.m. in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 500 Pearl Street, with Judge Lewis J. Liman presiding in Courtroom 15 C.
Brent Hannafan, partner and Co-Chair of the Trial Practice Group at Sanford Heisler Sharp, will present the opening statement outlining Ms. Robinson’s pending claims against De Niro and Canal. Arising during her more than 11 years of employment for the two-time Academy Award winner, the claims include gender discrimination and retaliation in violation of the New York City Human Rights Law.
“Ms. Robinson is ready to tell her story to the jury,” said Hannafan. “Her discrimination and retaliation claims are compelling and the evidence supporting them is clear. We believe when all the testimony has been heard, the jury will agree with us that De Niro discriminated and retaliated against Ms. Robinson.”
Ms. Robinson worked as De Niro’s lead assistant starting in February 2008. Ultimately, she became Canal’s vice president of production and finance, but after lodging complaints of gender discrimination, her job responsibilities were reduced, which...
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