{"id":422,"date":"2013-04-09T18:22:56","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T18:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=422"},"modified":"2013-04-09T18:22:56","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T18:22:56","slug":"nyc-sexual-harassment-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/nyc-sexual-harassment-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Sexual Harassment Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">A former associate of Faruqi &amp; Faruqi, a Wall Street plaintiffs\u2019 law firm, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against one of the partners of the firm, Juan Monteverde.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The former associate, Alexandra Marchuk, accused Monteverde of relentlessly harassing her the night of the office holiday party, then pushed her to the floor and \u201cquickly, forcefully, and painfully had sex with her.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>After the incident, Alexandra abruptly quit the firm.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>In response to the lawsuit, Monteverde entered a counterclaim of defamation.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Monteverde asserts the sexual harassment claims are entirely false and that Alexandra is only trying to extort money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">There are laws in place to protect employees from being sexual harassed in the workplace.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>If you believe you are a victim of sexual harassment, please contact the NYC employment lawyers at Fitapelli &amp; Schaffer, (212) 300-0375, to schedule a free consultation to discuss your rights regarding sexual harassment in the workplace.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nA former associate of Faruqi &amp; Faruqi, a Wall Street plaintiffs\u2019 law firm, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against one of the partners of the firm, Juan Monteverde.\u00a0 The former associate, Alexandra Marchuk, accused Monteverde of relentlessly harassing her the night of the office holiday party, then pushed her to the floor and \u201cquickly, forcefully, and painfully had sex with her.\u201d\u00a0 After the incident, Alexandra abruptly quit the firm.\u00a0 In response to the lawsuit, Monteverde entered a counterclaim of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-law"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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