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Woman Behind Silicon Valley Sex Bias Suit Appealing Verdict

By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press | June 2, 2015

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In this Feb. 24, 2015, file photo, Ellen Pao leaves the Civic Center Courthouse during a lunch break in her trial in San Francisco. The woman at the center of a high-profile gender bias lawsuit against an elite Silicon Valley venture capital firm filed an appeal on Monday, June 1, 2015, of a jury verdict against her. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)A woman at the center of a high-profile gender bias lawsuit against an elite Silicon Valley venture capital firm filed an appeal on Monday of a jury verdict against her.

Alan Exelrod, an attorney for plaintiff Ellen Pao, filed the two-page notice of appeal in San Francisco Superior Court.

Read more: Woman Behind Gender Bias Suit Objects to Legal Costs

There were no accompanying documents explaining grounds for the appeal, and Heather Wilson, a spokeswoman for Pao, said neither Pao nor Axelrod would have additional comment.

A jury in March found that defendant Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers did not discriminate or retaliate against Pao in the case that became a flashpoint in an ongoing discussion about gender inequity at elite technology and venture capital firms, where women are grossly underrepresented.

Pao’s attorneys said she was an accomplished junior partner who was passed over for a promotion because the firm used different standards to judge men and women, and that she was fired when she complained about discrimination.

The lawyers claimed Pao was subjected to a number of indignities, including being given a book of erotic poetry by a partner at the company and being cut out of emails and meetings by a male colleague with whom she broke off an affair.

Kleiner Perkins’ attorney Lynne Hermle countered during the trial that Pao failed as an investor at the company and sued to get a big payout as she was being shown the door. Pao is now interim CEO of the Internet discussion forum Reddit.

Kleiner Perkins’ spokeswoman Christina Lee said in a statement Monday that a 12-member jury found decisively in favor of Kleiner Perkins.

The company is committed to gender diversity in the workplace and believes that women in technology would be best served by focusing on the issue outside of continued litigation, she said.

In a recent court filing, Kleiner Perkins said it offered Pao $964,000 before the trial to settle the case, but she did not respond. The firm sought more than $970,000 in legal costs from Pao but said it would waive all costs if Pao did not pursue an appeal.


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