The law firm of The Gold Law Firm P.C. is representing the plaintiff in a reverse discrimination lawsuit against an energy company. A former executive of PECO who is a Caucasian male filed a claim against his employer, citing that reverse discrimination led to his dismissal. The claim details that the plaintiff received stellar reviews for his work as a recruiter. Once PECO began its Accelerated Workforce Diversification program in 2016, he alleges that circumstances...
Congratulations to Neelima on being named 2018 Attorney of the Year! The following was posted by The Legal Intelligencer: Neelima Vanguri was named The Legal’s 2018 Attorney of the Year on Wednesday night at a celebratory event in Philadelphia, honored for her pioneering work on the transgender rights case Blatt v. Cabela’s Retail. In Blatt, Vanguri became the first attorney in the country to argue that a company can violate the Americans with Disabilities Act...
Attorney Sidney L. Gold of The Gold Law Firm P.C. was recognized for his exceptional achievements in the legal industry by America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators organization for 2018. Candidates for this honor must be thoroughly screened through a strenuous process and fulfill the necessary criteria to receive it. One qualification is that the attorney must have served as lead counsel in litigation matters with at least $2 million at stake or the fate...
Our legal team is proud to announce that attorney, Neelima Vanguri, has become the first to argue that an employer can violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when they deny a transgender person the right to use a bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity. A federal judge recently approved the use of this brilliant theory. Although the case was settled confidentially, the ruling will certainly be considered by other courts throughout the country...
Sidney L. Gold of The Gold Law Firm P.C. is representing a juvenile in a racial discrimination case. The lawsuit, which was filed last week against the St. Dominic Catholic School in Northeast Philadelphia, stemmed from several incidents citing bullying and discriminatory acts against the teenage boy, who is Pakistani and attended the school with his siblings. Although the boy complained to the school about the taunting, school officials failed to address the problem. From...
The legal team of The Gold Law Firm P.C. is pleased to announce that four of their attorneys were named Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in 2018. The esteemed Super Lawyers organization named principal shareholder of the practice and lawyer, Sidney L. Gold, and senior associate lawyer, Traci M. Greenberg, as Super Lawyers. Associate lawyers, Jamie L. Ford and Aarthi Manohar, each earned the Rising Stars accolade. Super Lawyers bestows the honor to superior lawyers...