EEOC Ordered to Pay $1,022,653.69

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Ordered to Pay $1,022,653.69 in Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses to a Pasadena Immigration Law Firm. January 2006 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Ordered to Pay $1,022,653.69 in Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses to a Pasadena Immigration Law Firm. Partner Linda Miller Savitt successfully defended at trial the law firm Robert L. Reeves & Associates against a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC sued the firm for sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination. In a 17-page written ruling, U.S. District Judge Dickran Tevrizian found that the EEOC’s lawsuit “was unreasonable, frivolous and without foundation.” John J. Manier, a senior counsel with Ballard, Rosenberg, Golper & Savitt, prepared the briefs in support of Reeves’ request for fees and expenses. Click here for the complete article.