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Claiming discrimination DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer Attorney Trey Monsour has filed a lawsuit against his former employer Polsinelli Law Firm, charging them with discrimination based on sexual orientation. Polsinelli Law Firm consistently receives a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index. Monsour, who now lives in Dallas, was hired as a partner in the Bankruptcy Practice Group in Polsinelli’s then-newly-opened Houston office. He alleges the discriminatory treatment began after he became an equity partner in June 2017. In his complaint, Monsour alleges he was treated differently than straight employees. For example, all newly-hired partners were provided with associate, paralegal and administrative support. Monsour wasn’t. When he was finally assigned an assistant, Monsour said, she was located in Kansas City, and he was told to only communicate with her by email because she was “too busy” to talk with him by phone. ....