Avi L Kumin's Legal Cases (3)

Discrimination

Romdhani et al. v. Exxon-Mobil Corp.

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OUTCOME:

Mr. Kumin led a team of KMB attorneys in this multi-plaintiff suit against Exxon-Mobil Corporation, the largest company in the world. In their lawsuit, filed in Delaware federal court, plaintiffs Sofi ... ene Romdhani, Michelle Maloney, and Bobbijo Zeller alleged that their supervisors at Exxon subjected them to religious and racial harassment and discrimination, and then retaliated against them once they complained about that harassment. When Exxon filed a motion for summary judgment in December 2009 seeking to dismiss the case, Mr. Kumin convinced the court to deny the motion. Exxon ultimately resolved the case with the plaintiffs.

Discrimination

Wendy Oscarson v. U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms

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OUTCOME:

Mr. Kumin, along with KMB partner Lisa Banks, filed suit against the U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms on behalf of longtime employee Wendy Oscarson, who alleged that the Senate had for years failed to acco ... mmodate her physical disabilities in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. When the Senate repeated several motions seeking to dismiss the case, Mr. Kumin drafted oppositions which convinced the judge to deny them all. Mr. Kumin then successfully argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, obtaining a ruling dismissing the Senate’s attempt to appeal the matter. Following this ruling, the Senate then resolved the matter with Ms. Oscarson.

Employment and labor

Arthur Davies v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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OUTCOME:

Mr. Kumin filed this lawsuit under the federal Whistleblower Protection Act to vindicate the rights of longtime federal employee Art Davies, who alleged that he was retaliated against after he reported ... legal violations and waste of federal funds at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Kumin first filed a complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, which agreed that Mr. Davies had been retaliated against; Mr. Kumin was able to settle that portion of the case for a cash payment of $265,000. Mr. Kumin then filed an appeal of another portion of the case to the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, ultimately convincing the Corps of Engineers to settle the second portion of the case for benefits worth additional hundreds of thousands of dollars, including cash, attorneys’ fees, backpay, promotion to a higher pay band, and retroactive retirement pay.

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