Standing up for employees.

Discrimination and Harassment

For over 23 years, Menken Simpson & Rozger has been at the forefront of protecting employees against all forms of discrimination, harassment and retaliation. We have obtained millions of dollars through settlements and at trial on behalf of many clients who had the painful experience of suffering discrimination at work.

Discrimination can mean a lot of things. It can mean being treated differently or less favorably due to a certain “protected characteristic” like gender or sex, sexual orientation, race, national original, disability, age, national origin, pregnancy, parental or caregiver status. Employees who are victims of discrimination can be marginalized at work, face unfair discipline or demotion, or can even be fired.    

People often call us and say, “Something happened at work, I was treated improperly, it might be discrimination, but I can’t prove it.” People often think they need to be called a slur or suffer an abusive comment about their protected characteristic in order to have a case of discrimination or harassment. But that’s not true. We have successfully obtained compensation for clients by demonstrating that they were treated differently than their peers, or that their employer made up a reason to take action against them to cover up a discriminatory motive, or that their company maintained a discriminatory culture.

As creative, experienced and strategic lawyers who know the law, we give voice to disempowered employees who think they cannot win. The truth is, you can win.

We represent clients in negotiation, administrative proceedings, arbitrations and in court who are victims of:

• Sex Discrimination and/or Sex Harassment

• Sexual Orientation Discrimination

• Age Discrimination

• Pregnancy Discrimination

• Race Discrimination

• Parental Status and Caregiver Discrimination

• National Origin Discrimination

• Religious Discrimination

• Discrimination based on Past Criminal Convictions

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Recent Results

$3.2 million jury verdict for female financial advisor who was a victim of sex discrimination.

$1.35 million for a psychologist who was a victim of disability discrimination.

$1 million settlement on behalf of a female bank marketing executive whose male boss excluded her from business opportunities and a promotion.  

$805,000 settlement for a surgeon with sex discrimination claims.

$750,000 settlement for a woman in her late 50’s who was pushed out due to her age.

$550,000 settlement for a doctor subjected to a race-based hostile work environment.

$475,000 settlement for a woman who was sexually harassed by her boss at her firm’s holiday party.

Read more about these and other notable cases below.