Lawyer accused in ‘quiet quitting’ lawsuit documents discrimination assert in opposition to NYC business
A New York authorized organization filed a state lawsuit versus one of its attorneys, accusing her of utilizing remote operate as a vehicle to “silent stop” although devoting herself to a new undertaking.
Defendant Heather Palmore has filed a countersuit from Napoli Shkolnik, accusing the organization that specializes in individual harm litigation of mistreating minority workers, “brazen bullying” and searching for to “intimidate men and women who stand up to them.”
The firm’s lawsuit, filed Feb. 23, accused Palmore of “breach of fiduciary obligation of loyalty, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty of loyalty, injurious falsehood, unjust enrichment, declaratory judgment and constructive have faith in.”
Palmore “misrepresented her skillset, experience, and guide of enterprise to get a situation with Napoli Shkolnik, where she took benefit of the new distant work setting to ‘quiet quit’ her career, and simultaneously labored for two legislation corporations at at the time,” in accordance to the firm’s lawsuit, filed in Nassau County.
The organization accused Palmore of “executing little to no do the job for Napoli Shkolnik, and though immediately competing with the organization by simultaneously running Defendant Palmore Law Team, P.C.”
In her counterclaim, Palmore reported she was recruited to be the firm’s chief trial counsel by spouse Paul Napoli in Oct 2021.
“Ms. Palmore has been subjected to and witnessed egregious race and incapacity discrimination by senior management as part of their typical running methods,” she states in the lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court Monday.
Palmore explained she agreed to have interaction in mediation to settle her promises but claimed the business made use of the time to “fabricate its personal bogus lawsuit to file ahead of Ms. Palmore could file her lawsuit —and attain some unwell-conceived strategic edge by filing first.”
She mentioned an “illustration of egregious discriminatory conduct” transpired in December 2021 when “a stuffed bear was hung from a noose on a light fixture in direct look at of her workplace.”
The company mentioned that Palmore was by no means fully commited to her work and set up her possess business virtually as before long as she was hired.
“Even further, not even just one month after Defendant Palmore was employed by the Plaintiff, Defendant Palmore established her personal individual legislation firm — the ‘The Palmore Team, P.C.’— which she was working and advertising when proclaiming to get the job done on a comprehensive time, focus, and energy basis for Plaintiff,” in accordance to the agency.
