Lisa Ackerman (Partner-Chicago, IL) and Robert Curtis (Associate-Kansas City, KS) obtained a voluntary dismissal with prejudice in an employment discrimination case on behalf of a retailer in the Northern District of Illinois. Although the plaintiff was never terminated, she alleged that the retailer had discriminated against her based on a disability.

Lisa and Robert immediately advised their client to file a dispositive motion and then embarked on an aggressive discovery strategy. They sent an opening set of discovery requests which were only partially answered by Plaintiff. They subsequently followed up with an extensive list of the plaintiff's discovery deficiencies. Rather than fully addressing these deficiencies, the plaintiff dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice less than 24 hours before a scheduled meet-and-confer conference. As a result, our client incurred no settlement liability.