Practice Areas

Ms. Ecker represents employees exclusively in cases arising under local, state and federal antidiscrimination laws in both state and federal courts. Her specific areas of practice include:

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Topic of the Week

Sex / Gender Discrimination

Blog of the Week

'Can we find a deal?': Coronavirus sparks debate over paid leave

Democrats, Republicans and corporate America are coalescing behind a federal paid leave policy for the first time in the U.S., one of few rich nations where workers aren’t automatically provided the benefit.

Thought for the Week

"We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced."

–— Malala Yousafzai

List of the Week

from SkillCrush

Less Than Five Percent of CEOs at S&P 500 Companies are Women

Women make up almost half (47 %) of the US workforce and, yet, the number of women CEOs at S&P 500 companies is incredibly meager… and it’s declining.
In 2017, women made up 6.4 % of the companies on the list, that number is now down to 4.8 percent.
More than a third of Fortune 500 female CEOs resigned in the past year, including veterans such as Campbell Soup Co.’s Denise Morrison, Hewlett Packard’s Meg Whitman, Mondelez’s Irene Rosenfeld and Avon’s Sheri McCoy.

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