Will DLA Piper Leaders Force an Admin Assistant into Confidential Arbitration?

For weeks DLA Piper has refused to answer “yes” or “no” to the simple question whether it will force attorney Vanina Guerrero into confidential arbitration. Now, it needs to answer “yes” or “no” to the simple question whether it will force its former admin assistant Andrea Ivan into confidential arbitration.
Vanina Guerrero dared to call out DLA Piper for its utter disregard of unlawful conduct by Louis Lehot and Sang Kim, Co-Managing Partners of the Silicon Valley group. DLA Piper disgustingly accused Ms. Guerrero of lying about being sexually assaulted by Lehot. Sounding like a schoolyard bully rather than a sophisticated law firm, DLA Piper’s heinous position is that Ms. Guerrero “orchestrated” an “emotional relationship” with Lehot that was meant to “advance her career.” This is in the gutter as much as a recent “she wanted it” defense to rape put forth by Matt Lauer, the former NBC host. Lauer called his female accuser “a fully enthusiastic and willing partner.”
DLA Piper’s tactics must call for it to say that Jane Smith fabricated her Oct. 21st EEOC allegations about sitting in her car, too afraid to enter the Palo Alto office if Lehot was there. Will DLA Piper say that Ms. Smith complained about Lehot to Sang Kim as part of a plan to “advance her career?” Perhaps Ms. Smith’s account to the EEOC of Lehot barging into her office, shutting the door after she asked him not to, leaning over her desk and winking at her menacingly involved a confusing “emotional relationship.” Did Leah Christensen a former lawyer in DLA Piper’s office of the general counsel come forward to the EEOC to say that Lehot called her a “dumb bitch” to “advance her career?”
On October 29, 2019, DLA Piper taunted Ms. Guerrero and said she failed to offer evidentiary proof as part of her EEOC Charge. It said this only after DLA Piper cowardly banished Ms. Guerrero from access to her office, files and email, and forbid her from talking to employees or clients. In support of the “she’s lying” mantra, DLA Piper divulged over 100 pages of documents in its possession.
This must be DLA Piper’s twisted way of saying that it will allow Ms. Guerrero to litigate her claims in open court.
