Nancy Wright (Partner-New York, NY) and Aaron Bengart (Associate-New York, NY) secured a “no probable cause” finding and dismissal of a discrimination and retaliation complaint before the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) on behalf of Wilson Elser’s private school client. A former part-time assistant girls’ basketball coach alleged discrimination based on age, disability, familial status, marital status, and sex, as well as retaliation, after the school declined to renew her contract. Nancy and Aaron demonstrated that complainant had proffered no factual allegations supporting an inference of discrimination based on any protected category, that the school had legitimate, non-discriminatory business reasons for not renewing the complainant’s contract ‒ including tardiness and performance issues ‒ and that she could not show pretext. They also established that the retaliation claim failed because the complainant had not engaged in any protected activity, and her allegations concerned workers’ compensation issues outside the DHR’s jurisdiction. In its Determination and Order After Investigation, the DHR agreed with the school’s arguments and dismissed the complaint for lack of probable cause to support discrimination and retaliation.