November 13, 2023 – Bloomberg Law reports that former Polsinelli PC attorney Julia Rix urged a federal judge to allow her sexual harassment suit against the law firm to proceed.
Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors represents Rix. According to an opposition filing by Rix in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the dismissal motion by the firm and alleged harasser Gabriel Dabiri is a “desperate bid” to avoid “public scrutiny” of her claims of sexual harassment and retaliation, and an effort to avoid local human rights laws.
The firm and Dabiri “will be forced to contend with the misconduct alleged and their failure to investigate it properly,” William A. Brewer III, Rix’s attorney, added in a statement. “Rix believes the record—replete with late night overtures and sexual advances, followed by blatantly retaliatory actions—speaks for itself.”
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