One might think that the professionals in the law industry would understand the importance of employee sensitivity, especially when it comes to touchy subjects like race and weight. However, should any staff members in Missouri working within a law firm find themselves subject to harassment, discrimination or wrongful termination, Kansas City attorneys have been able to assist these individuals by preparing a case to be heard in front of a judge.
AIG (American International Group) – a major insurance group – was recently sued by a former lawyer employee by the organization for these exact offenses.
According to reports, Earl Brown – a highly educated professional with degrees from both the University of Pennsylvannia and Notre Dame – is suing AIG after his managing director John P. Hornbostel created a work environment in which Brown was incessantly harassed and humiliated.
For example, one instance mentioned in the lawsuit describes how Hornbostel brought Brown – reported to be overweight and the only African-American employee of the organization's 50 lawyers – into his office only to make a crude reference to the cartoon Fat Albert.
Another reported instance involved Hornbostel mentioning to an assistant in Brown's presence to take Brown to get documents signed stating "I'm sure with this brother behind you, he can scare anyone into signing quickly."
And although every lawyer in the firm received their own offices, Brown shared cubicles with assistants and paralegals before he was ultimately terminated in 2009 based on his position allegedly being "cut."
Should any similarly situated employees be subjected to such pervasive harassment, Kansas City attorneys can provide free consultation to suggest how to best file a suit.
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I am a guy who used to work with Lisa. 3 of my friends have been to court over her eitehr stalking or assaulting them. Some of these guys have restraining orders against her and she has slashed tires on a few occasions before. One of the court cases was open and shut because my friend saved all the messages that Lisa had sent to him accusing him of crazy things and making threats.With one friend she showed up his house demanded weed, which he gave to her so she would go away. The friend was a pacifist that Lisa believed could he easily bullied. She showed up the next day and when he demanded that she leave she punched him in the face (this is the case that ended up on Judge Judy).My issue with Lisais that as one person put it she is a serial bully- she does not just pick fights with people- she picks fights with really nice and civiled people that she can push around. As you can probably tell at heart I am irrsopnsible and don’t really fall into that catagory. However I do know that Lisa’s beshavior will continue and that other peole will be picked on and terroized by her and that giving her favorable press will just add fuel to the fire.I should apoloigise for my rants against you on the blog- they where unfair cheap shots, but I reallydo beleive the biggest error was insinuating that poeple have been picking on Lisa. If there is someone who has a history of violence, vandalism, stalking, and mental illness there really are not that many peole lining up to get in her line of fire voluntairly.Evidentally she is good at playing the victim and getting the press on her side. My question still bacically why did you and the others who cover stories on her not mention her criminal history? And I do not mean bring up her jaywalking tickets. Since her court cases are public record I assume getting information on her criminal history should be easy. I assume that it just takes a search on a legal database (maybe I am wrong and this information is harder to get to than I thought).
, in plain, easy to read language, is that debt cotcellors cannot abuse and harass consumers, and he gives us exact cases that explain what the law is. There are only a handful of books out there on this subject. Debt collection is largely a dark industry and has never been exposed. And the debt cotcellors just can’t stand the fact that someone finally exposed them and their cheap bag of tricks.Consumers have rights they don’t even know about, and the debt collection industry simply doesn’t want us to know what those rights are. Debt cotcellors use desk names, caller id, talk to our neighbors, threaten to sue us. Much of this is illegal.Why are debt cotcellors so afraid of this book?My prediction: some consumer will give it an iffy review. The reviews right now are 5 star consumer based, 1 star by the debt cotcellors. Gee, I wonder how much farther the cotcellors will go.The word is out about you, debt cotcellors. I know it makes you burn. You’re not all bad, so you say but why are you so afraid of a book that simply tells the consumers what their rights are?What are you trying to hide? As members of our wonderful open society, do you not want your fellow citizens to be fully informed on laws? Or do you break those laws so often, exposure could really, really hurt you?You cross the line all the time, and many consumers don’t even know when you do. When you cross the line, for example, use vile language, you can get sued. That’s right a consumer can go to the National Consumer Law Center in Boston, find a lawyer that makes a living suing debt cotcellors, and sue but isn’t this what you do? Don’t you make a living suing people people who have gone through a divorce, gotten ill, lost a job?Please. It’s about time you face your responsibility. Help other customers find the most helpful reviewsa0Was this review helpful to you?a0 | a0