Sondra I. Saporta

Sondra Saporta
Primary Office
Experience

Labor and Employment

Select matters:

  • Defends a university in EEOC proceedings related to a professor’s claim of gender-bias in promotion policies.
  • Defends a pharmaceutical company in litigation concerning non-competition and non-solicitation obligations of a former executive.
  • Represents a health insurance company in a federal age-discrimination lawsuit.
  • Defends a pharmaceutical company in EEOC proceedings related to alleged race-based pay practices.
  • Represents a restaurant franchisee in arbitration over claims of sexual harassment in restaurants.
  • Secured voluntary dismissal of a federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuit against a start-up company.
  • Investigated a CEO’s claim of sexual harassment against a board member of a non-profit institution.
  • Defended a national law firm in an ongoing federal race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. 
  • Conducted an independent investigation into a college administrator’s claim of a gender discriminatory termination.
  • Investigated a major university’s handling of racial bias incidents and student protests.
  • Counseled a charter school regarding reasonable accommodations for a teacher with mental health symptoms.