Judge to Allow Previously Dismissed Claim Against Covington in Discrimination Suit
A D.C. federal judge has given new life to one of the allegations in
former Covington & Burling staff attorney Yolanda Young's racial
discrimination suit against the firm. Citing the U.S. Supreme Court's
Lewis v. City of Chicago ruling, which found that plaintiffs need
not prove deliberate discrimination in disparate impact claims, Judge
Reggie Walton determined that Young should be allowed to go forward with
her adverse impact claim related to Covington's policy of not promoting
staff attorneys to associate.
