Story by 6 News Richmond Employment discrimination lawyer Lisa Bertini in Virginia Beach points out that people like Kanini are in a tough spot. “There is so little social net for folks like her. It is heartbreaking, but not covered by the laws in place right...
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While some legal work has been able to continue, jury trials came to a halt when the lockdowns began. The Virginia Supreme Court issued a March 16 Declaration of Judicial Emergency stating that no jury trials could convene anywhere in the commonwealth. The order was...
Lisa Bertini of Bertini Law, who was named Top 50 Women Lawyers in the 2019 Virginia Super Lawyers edition for 2019. This is the fifth year she has been honored with this distinction. Bertini has also been named again to the Top 100 Lawyers in all of Virginia. The...
More people are claiming they lost their jobs because of discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received nearly 100,00 discrimination complaints – a record high – last year. The agency’s Norfolk office reported 1,041 complaints, a 10.7...
In Title VII, Congress adopted broad language making it illegal for an employer to rely on an employee’s sex when deciding to fire that employee. We do not hesitate to recognize today a necessary consequence of that legislative choice: An employer who fires an...
