High-Profile Disability and Sexual Orientation Discrimination Settlement

Winston represented a leading MedTech company in a dispute brought by its former Chief Patent Counsel, a long-tenured, very senior-level employee, who alleged his termination was retaliation motivated by disability discrimination and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. We successfully removed the case to federal court in the N.D. Cal. after plaintiff initially sued our client in California Superior Court. After eliciting incredibly helpful testimony from plaintiff during his deposition, including admissions, we moved the case to a quick settlement conference before the judge and were able to negotiate a favorable settlement on behalf of our client for less than 4 percent of the original demand.