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WASHINGTON, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Toni Michelle Jackson, Deputy Attorney General of the Public Interest Division at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG), is joining Crowell & Moring as a partner in its Litigation and Labor & Employment groups, as well as State Attorneys General practice.
Former D.C. Deputy Attorney General Toni Michelle Jackson Joins Crowell & Moring
Jackson will focus on complex civil litigation, including employment, commercial, class actions, internal investigations, and civil rights. She brings more than three decades of experience from the public and private sectors. In addition to serving eight years in the D.C. Attorney General s office, she spent six years in the Justice Department s Civil Rights Division. Prior to that, she co-founded the first Minnesota law firm owned by Black women, Jackson & Ward, LLC.
Justice Department Settles Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit Against Fire Department Details Written by IVN
Orlando, Florida - The Justice Department announced Monday that it has reached a settlement, through a consent decree, with the City of Orlando resolving allegations that the city violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it discriminated and retaliated against Dawn Sumter, a female Assistant Fire Chief with the Orlando Fire Department (“Fire Department”).
Title VII is a federal law that prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin and retaliation for engaging in activities protected by Title VII, such as complaining about discrimination. The complaint and consent decree, filed in a federal district court in Orlando, resolve allegations that Assistant Chief Sumter was sexually harassed by the former fire chief and then retaliated against by Fire Department leaders