This spring, a team of Stokes Lawrence employment attorneys, which included Brendan Monahan,Carolyn Cairns, Justo Gonzalez and Sarah Wixson, successfully defended apple grower Evans Fruit against sexual harassment and retaliation claims brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Stokes Lawrence is the only firm in the United States to win against the EEOC at trial in the past year.
The Stokes Lawrence Employment practice has marked another win against Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims. In a Title VII employment case filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, a Stokes Lawrence team, including Brendan Monahan, Beth Joffe, Justo Gonzalez and Olivia Gonzalez, obtained a favorable summary judgment ruling on behalf of two agricultural clients facing EEOC claims of discrimination. This is the second time the court has ruled against th...
On April 19, 2013, Stokes Lawrence attorneys successfully achieved summary judgment on behalf of Evans Fruit, one of the country's largest apple growers, against claims that the company had retaliated against 10 former employees who were assisting in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigation.
On April 3, 2013, after a two and a half week trial, a jury rejected all sexual harassment claims filed against Evans Fruit, one of the country's largest apple growers. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Evans Fruit in 2010, claiming that a ranch foreman and several subordinates had sexually harassed female employees.
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