One of my favorite cases this year just resolved

One of my favorite cases from this year has just been resolved. You might wonder why it stands out to me. Unlike many of my other cases, which often involve unpleasant individuals committing terrible acts while their colleagues cover for them, this situation was different. 

In this case, there was prerequisite creepy professional, I know it’s a theme. However,  in this case after some prodding the organization actually did the right thing. They protected my client, put her in a position where she could do her job without having a complete nervous breakdown. 

Then with a little more prodding they took actions to terminate the pervy professional and negotiated a settlement with my client. And though it was not the kind of award she could have gotten had the organization done the wrong thing and this case had gone all the way to a jury verdict, it was a fair amount that she was satisfied with, and she got to keep the job she loves. That is a win. MORE ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING!

The horror of workplace sexual harassment is that so often it derails a women's (mostly) career. No matter how things go in litigation the harassed women rarely get to fulfill the potential of their professional tracks. Often due to blacklisting during and after a lawsuit, they end up changing careers altogether. Sadly, even women who do not litigate their sexual harassment cases lose their trajectory because the referral they need is often from the harasser himself. 

But enough tripping down the the Halloween horror halls of corporate bad behavior and the toll it takes, this week was a good week and renews my energy to go out and fight the next fight.