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Ogletree Law Firm Accused of Gender Pay Gap in $300 Million Suit

  • Women lawyers are systematically sidelined, lawsuit claims
  • Firm says discrimination of any kind isn’t tolerated

When California employment lawyer Dawn Knepper transferred to her law firm’s Orange County office in 2012, she asked to be paid at least as much as a male counterpart with similar seniority whom she’d outscored in billable hours and finding more business. 

Instead, she says the firm that specializes in defending companies against just these types of lawsuits paid her about $100,000 less.