TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Sep 19, 2023

Settlement talks to resolve a lawsuit claiming federal court officials mishandled a former North Carolina public defender's sexual harassment complaints collapsed yesterday, reports Reuters. The U.S. Department of Justice, which is defending the judiciary, said in a court filing that mediation with former public defender Caryn Devins Strickland aimed at averting a trial had ended without a deal. A federal appeals court last year revived Strickland's claims from her 2020 lawsuit that she was sexually harassed by a superior and was stonewalled in her efforts to have the judiciary address her complaint. Strickland's husband is acting as her lawyer after other attorneys left the case citing conflicts.