An attorney representing Ropes & Gray insisted at a March 27 hearing that the firm fired a 63-year-old female partner in fall 2010 because it no longer made economic sense to keep her, not because it was discriminating or retaliating against her.
Based on that argument, Bettina Plevan, a Proskauer Rose labor and employment partner, attempted to persuade Southern District Judge John Koeltl (See Profile) to dismiss on summary judgment a lawsuit brought against Ropes & Gray in March 2011 by former firm partner Patricia Martone.
