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Feb. 21, 2002

EEOC Probes Demotion of 32 Sidley Partners

LOS ANGELES - What makes a partner a partner? Law firm partners at Chicago-based Sidley Austin Brown & Wood may well be wondering that right now, as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pursues its investigation into the firm's demotion of 32 partners - all but two of whom were over the age of 40. The firm also lowered its age of retirement for partners from 65 to between 60 and 65.

By Katherine Gaidos
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - What makes a partner a partner?
        Law firm partners at Chicago-based Sidley Austin Brown & Wood may well be wondering that ...

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