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Employment: Age Discrimination-Mandatory-Retirement Age-Law-Firm Defendant
Staff Report//December 6, 2019
Employment: Age Discrimination-Mandatory-Retirement Age-Law-Firm Defendant
Staff Report//December 6, 2019
Where a law-firm partner brought an action challenging a law firm’s mandatory retirement policy, the judgment for the law firm is affirmed because as an equity partner with various rights and powers, the plaintiff was not an employee as defined by federal anti-discrimination law.
Judgment is affirmed.
Kaenel v. Armstrong Teasdale LLP (MLW No. 74228/Case No. 18-2850 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Erickson, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Autrey, J. (Gregory Rich, St Louis, argued for appellant; Jerome Dobson appeared on the brief) (Neal F. Perryman, St Louis, argued for appellee; Michael L Jente appeared on the brief).
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