U.S. E.E.O.C. v. SIDLEY AUSTIN BROWN & WOOD LLP

No. 05 C 0208.

406 F.Supp.2d 991 (2005)

UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. SIDLEY AUSTIN BROWN & WOOD LLP., Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

December 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Lois Hamilton, Gregory M. Gochanour, John C. Hendrickson, Justin Mulaire, Laurie S. Elkin, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Gary Michael Elden, Amanda Helen McMurtrie, Gregory Campbell Jones, John E. Bucheit, Lynn Hagman Murray, Maile H. Solis, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, IL, Paul Grossman, Robert S. Span, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ZAGEL, District Judge.

In July 2000, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") opened a direct investigation into Defendant Sidley Austin Brown & Wood's ("Sidley") compliance with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") in connection with a downgrading of 32 of its partners and a change in its mandatory retirement age. Specifically, Sidley told 32 partners that they had to either accept a downgrade...

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