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• In 2018, current and former Nike workers filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the company.
• A judge will soon rule on a motion that seeks to make the lawsuit a class action.
• The lead lawyer in the case says complaints — from Nike workers not involved in the suit — continue.

Nike implemented a wave of changes after a gender discrimination lawsuit was filed in 2018. But the lawyer leading the case, Laura Salerno Owens, says complaints from Nike employees against the company continue to roll in.

She said current and former Nike employees — who are not part of the ongoing lawsuit — have approached her office as recently as this year alleging discriminatory practices.

"Notwithstanding Nike's public relations, since we filed our class action in 2018, our firm has not seen a decrease in the number of employees who we are representing to combat Nike's discriminatory practices," Salerno Owens said in response to questions from Insider.

Salerno Owens declined to answer questions about her statement, citing legal and ethical obligations. She is president and shareholder of the law firm Markowitz Herbold PC. Salerno Owens has represented Nike employees in the past, and her firm could financially benefit from additional cases.

She's the lead attorney in the aforementioned gender discrimination lawsuit, which seeks class-action status. The case is one of the most...

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