Sermeno

FACTS

We recite the facts as alleged in the operative complaint. Plaintiff Laura Sermeno worked for defendant Law Offices of Ramin R. Younessi as a legal assistant from October 29, 2018, until she was fired on December 4, 2018. An attorney at the firm (Amir Pasha Vafaei, referred to in the complaint as Pasha), “engaged in a pattern of harassment against her because of her sex.” He would tell plaintiff “she was ‘looking good’ and ‘looking sexy’ and make other unwanted comments and innuendo, including uncomfortable staring at [her] when she walked past his offices.” Plaintiff tried to avoid him, but there were “a number of office wide activities and lunches” that both plaintiff and Pasha attended, and at these events Pasha “would stare and make comments” to plaintiff. On or about November 21, 2018, plaintiff “spoke with her supervisor Alex Rodriguez and Andrew Sotelo about Pasha’s comment.” Plaintiff then attended an office dinner event where she spoke with an attorney named Mae about Pasha’s comments; Mae replied that Pasha “was harmless and that he probably meant it genuinely.” “At one point, as a group of attorneys had gathered and began eating dinner, [plaintiff] approached a…