About This Case

This lawsuit seeks injunctive relief to:

1. Reform the New York State judiciary's handling of harassment and discrimination complaints;
2. Reform the judiciary's hiring practices; and
3. Revise and enforce the judiciary's sexual harassment policy.

The lawsuit also seeks personal liability for individual defendants in order to appropriately deter harassment, discrimination and retaliation by the same officials who are in the best position to prevent it.

Select Docket Items

• Amended Complaint
• Exhibit A - Sexual Harassment Policy & Procedure, November 2017
• Exhibit B - Sexual Harassment Policy & Procedure, December 2017

Select Press

• She Sued the State Over Harassment. Then the Gaslighting Began, She Said (NYT, Sept. 6, 2019)
• NY Court Sytem's Handling of Sexual Harassment Complaints Criticized (NYLJ, Nov. 7, 2018)
• In #MeToo Era, New York Courts' New Sexual Misconduct Policy Was Done Too Quietly, Critics Charge (NYLJ, Nov. 6, 2018)
• Court Union Leaders Call for Independent Oversight Commission of State Court System (NYLJ, Aug. 22, 2018)
• Ex Clerk Says NY Courts Protected Judge Who Harassed Her (Law360, Aug. 17, 2018)
• Former Law Clerk Claims State Judge Harassed Her (NYLJ, Aug. 17, 2018)