A Las Vegas lawyer is suing her erstwhile firm, alleging that she was targeted and forced retired aft reporting intersexual misconduct by the apical billing attorney.
Attorneys for Lesley Miller filed suit Friday successful District Court against Kaempfer Crowell and its shareholders, claiming breach of contract, intentional infliction of affectional distress and civilian conspiracy.
“After Lesley reported years of intersexual harassment and misconduct by that precocious billing shareholder, Firm enactment responded by embarking connected a coordinated run to diminish her instrumentality practice, undermine her credibility with clients and colleagues, deprive her of compensation, and ultimately, unit her retired of the Firm — successful effect, to punish her for not remaining soundless astir horrific events occurring astatine the Firm,” the ailment said.
Defense lawyer Marcus Lee provided a connection from the firm: “Miller’s suit is filled with mischaracterizations and fiction. There is simply a afloat communicative to the extremity of Miller’s employment astatine Kaempfer Crowell that volition travel to airy done the suit. Kaempfer Crowell looks guardant to its accidental to rigorously support its actions and trusts successful the ineligible strategy to wide its sanction and reputation.”
Miller declined to comment. Her lawyer Dennis Kennedy declined to place the lawyer accused of misconduct.
According to tribunal papers, the lawyer facing the harassment allegations was yet removed from his positions astatine the steadfast and escorted retired by instrumentality enforcement successful April aft different women complained astir him.
Attorneys named successful the suit did not respond to requests for comment.
According to the suit, Miller joined the steadfast arsenic an subordinate successful 2010, became a spouse successful 2015 and precocious to the level of shareholder successful Jan. 2025, purchasing 500 shares of steadfast banal for $50,000.
During her tenure, the filing said she besides faced intersexual harassment and verbal maltreatment by a shareholder the suit refers to lone arsenic “The Predator.”
That lawyer said “women deterioration stilettos to get screwed successful the office,” told Miller and different to “wear those jeans again” due to the fact that they look “criminal” and claimed helium could place pistillate employees’ underwear done their clothing, according to the suit.
“During a Firm-sponsored event, the Predator made inappropriate comments and overtures to Lesley, which she rejected,” the ailment said. “Afterward, Lesley was told that she had been rude to the Predator and was forced by 1 of the Firm’s Shareholders to apologize to him.”
Miller reported the behaviour to Robert Gronauer, the managing partner, wide counsel Lyssa Anderson and astatine slightest 1 different shareholder, who is not named, according to the suit.
Gronauer failed to instrumentality enactment and said helium did not privation to perceive complaints astir “the Predator” and plaintiffs’ attorneys judge Anderson besides did not code the behavior, tribunal papers said.
At 1 point, the suit said, Gronauer told Miller that “the Predator” had brought a pistillate to the bureau aft hours and tied her to his desk. The woman’s person called 911 to study an battle astatine the steadfast and instrumentality enforcement responded, records said.
Shareholders Stephanie Gronauer and Joshua Correlli were besides alert of that incident, according to the suit.
“Following the Incident, the Firm did not region the Predator but alternatively placed him successful a presumption of supervision and authorization implicit Lesley, requiring Lesley and different women to study to and enactment straight with him,” the ailment said.
The suit did not specify the day of the 911 telephone and the Metropolitan Police Department did not supply records.
Kaempfer Crowell and Anderson person antecedently represented Metro, including successful litigation implicit Margaret Rudin’s wrongful condemnation suit aft Rudin’s precocious illustration condemnation successful the execution of her hubby was overturned. Anderson besides represents Metro successful litigation implicit the section refusing to merchandise immoderate defendants onto physics monitoring
Miller’s suit alleged that she was punished to support the lawyer who had committed misconduct.
Gronauer and different shareholders denied Miller a raise, gave “the Predator” her biggest lawsuit and $52,000 worthy of her receipts, removed her arsenic a billing timekeeper and voided her attorney’s fees, according to the complaint.
The lawyer accused of misconduct was removed connected April 6 aft different women complained, the filing stated. At the time, the suit said, the firm’s quality resources manager discontinue due to the fact that enactment did not pass her of complaints astir the attorney.
Later that month, Gronauer barred Miller from a shareholders’ gathering and successful May, helium gave her a separation statement and merchandise of claims and told her to resign oregon beryllium fired, the ailment alleged. Miller’s suit said she refused to motion and was removed from her positions.
As of Friday, the suit said, Miller had not received her stock of the 2025 shareholder organisation oregon the instrumentality of her $50,000 contribution.
Contact Noble Brigham astatine nbrigham@reviewjournal.com.
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