*1 11(с) All one section factors should members of the concur in this be Board applied. report and recommendation.
Although Respondent we believe suspended year,
should be one we do not that the vague
believe and indefinite condi
tions for reinstatement ordered imposed by
Minnesota Court should be Appeals.
District of
In
Columbia Court
stead,
MOLOVINSKY,
Respondent’s
Executive
reinstatement should be
Gale S.
t/a
Suite, Appellant,
proving
conditioned on his
fitness in the man
normally required
jurisdiction.
ner
in this
(D.C.
Roundtree,
re
See In
Court A.2d (D.C.1987), 11(c)(4) section will invoked sanction, foreign
“where the whatever its
form, effectively significantly is either heavi lighter impose
er which we
the same misconduct.” Our recommended significantly
sanction would not be either lighter imposed
heavier or the sanction than Chadwick,
in Minnesota. See In re also (D.C.1991); Slosberg, and In re (D.C.1994).
A.2d 1329
Recommendation Board recommends that the District Appeals Cоurt of enter an order
of Columbia Respondent period
suspending for a of one on a
year, reinstatement to be conditioned
showing by Respondent that he fit to is jurisdiction. in this
practice law again
Respondent’s attention once should XI, requirements called to the Rule
§ 14(g). ON RESPON-
BOARD PROFESSIONAL
SIBILITY McKay
By: James C. McKay
James C. 11,1996
Dated: March *2 (5) that
ages; the trial court erred allow- ing impeached him to be of a with evidence (6) conviction; that the erred in court permitting counsel appellees’ to strike (7) juror; male court white *3 its refusing erred in to reread entire instruc- punitive damages in to a response tion on second, jury to note. We decline reach the third, appel- arguments and fourth preservе appel- lant failed to those issues for reject arguments his late review. We other Molovinsky, pro Gale S. se. judgment. affirm the and Sellers, DC, Joseph Washington, M. with Buchanan, Erickson, E. whom Avis John R. brief, Paul D. and Manca were spring Maria Henderson appellees. responded by appellant’s to an advertisement Suite, Washington in company, Executive TERRY, FERREN, Before and opportunities pay- Post which career offered STEADMAN, Judges. Associate $25,000 $100,000. ing from to Ms. appointment and made an PER CURIAM: Henderson called аppellant Molovinsky, for an interview with Henderson, Appellees Hodg- Maria Laura owner, Executive offices Suite es, Baker, Employment Karen and the Fair Washington. downtown On the scheduled Washington, Inc. Council Greater date, waiting to while Ms. Henderson was (“FEC”), filed this sex discrimination suit Molovinsky, receptionist meet with Mr. against appellant Molovinsky. In their com- gave explaining her a brochure the various plaint, plaintiffs alleged three female services offered Executive Suite. when, advertisement, respоnse they an to promoted personal enhancement of brochure employment sought appellant, advice from he skills, strategic and and educational advice them, sexually harassed violation of consultation, and referral services. Rights Human District Columbia (1992) §§ During to dis- 1-2501 1-2557 interview Act”). (“DCHRA” ways with Henderson various to “the FEC cussed Ms. improve appellant’s conduct her résumé. He also said that violated DCHRA forcing purpose by using bypass personnel frustrated his she could and the FEC’s services directly departments it tо divert from established and make contact resources its major compa- programs appellant’s an effort to address the chief executive officers However, he that he jury appellant misconduct. A found liable nies. when told her appellees. charged all of and for his ser- and awarded between $1500 $300 vices, explained appellant Ms. that she Before this court makes several Henderson (1) assignments point, He them. At that accord- error. contends could afford testimony, Mоlovinsky’s (Hodges ing to Henderson’s the FEC and the individual testers Baker) “very he rude changed: an ac- became and lacked demeanor “sugar vulgar” against him and were therefore not enti- and and made references tion (2) daddies,” “prostitution.” damages; “pimps,” that the and Molo- tled to evidence just if permit jury vinsky his told to find that Henderson she would insufficient Suite,” life,” “give part [her] little company, met the statuto- bit he “Executive (3) “employment agency”; give greatest her “the deal of life.” ry [her] definition an permit Ms. asked him whаt the evidence insufficient to When Henderson meant, and a “dis- lowered his voice jury to find that conduct was sex, said, “through criminatory practice” meaning of told her that within the “Sex.” He (4) DCHRA; way financial taking insuf- care of the that the evidence was that’s justify problem.” an award dam- ficient Ms. reported Molovinsky’s Henderson explained purpose pro- that the is to FEC’s Washington duct to the Lawyers’ Committee equal employment opportunity mote within (“WLC”), Rights for Civil Columbia, which forwarded primary the District of and that its complaint her determining FEC. After goals students, high are to train school that the matter investiga- warranted further identify equal conduct research to barriers tion, designed gender the FEC discrimina- employment opportunities, engage in race testing program arranged for four discrimination, testing to uncover racial pose testers —two men and two women —to participate community outreach and job seekers and visit Executive Suite. public According education. to Ms. Reid’s Each telephoned tester Executivе indi- Suite testimony, Molovinsky’s conduct had frus- vidually arranged appointment for an by forcing purpose trated FEC’s it to *4 Molovinsky. with Mr. pro- divert resources from its established grams to undertake sexual discrimination testers, The two female Hodges Laura and testing. The FEC thus had to incur unex- Baker, experiences Karen had similar to that pected counseling costs for victims of sex they Ms. Henderson. When informed Mo- discrimination, educating public about lovinsky they that could not his afford ser- unacceptable the kinds of conduct thаt con- vices, provide he offered to free services in harassment, stituted sexual placing and for exchange being “sugar daddy” his their emphasis community additional on women, out-reach “pimp.” All including three Ms. public and Henderson, education.1 testified at trial that Molovin- sky’s eye contact sexually suggestive and solely defense consisted gestures hand had made them uncomforta- testimony. propositioning his own He denied ble, they humiliated, had felt and that the female testers and Ms. Henderson and they lasting negаtive impressions had suggesting denied of them that he their encounter with him. exchange would waive his fees in for sex. Agatha Farngalo, a indepen- woman who might He admitted that he have used the dently had made a complaint similar “sugar daddy,” term but he insisted that if he WLC, testified that when she visited Molo- did, merely part it was of a standard sales vinsky in visit, to Ms. Henderson’s pitch asking people that included who lacked Molovinsky had asked her also if she had a they funds whether had “a favorite uncle or “sugar daddy” and offered to waive his feеs somebody” to take care of them. sex, in exchange for suggesting even at one jury against returned a verdict Molo- point they go nearby a room a vinsky damages and awarded to each of the Farngalo hotel. Ms. also testified to the plaintiffs. jury gave To Ms. Henderson the lingering emotional effects and humiliation $17,000 $10,- in compensatory damages and experienced. she had punitive damages; 000 in to Ms. Baker and testimony testers, of the two male $5,000 Hodges, compensatory Ms. each in Tuckett, Pospisil John quite Ernest $10,000 each in dam- They different. said they that when in- FEC, $22,000 ages; compensa- and to the .in Molovinsky they formed Mr. could not tory damages. services, Molovinsky merely afford told get job, them money, earn some II Pospisil come back later. and Tuckett also represented testified that had Molovinsky urges us to reverse Executive only employment Suite as “the ground that the individual testers and the agency in college graduates.” town for standing bring FEC lacked an action Reid, Chairperson against Inez Smith him. hold that both the individu- FEC, standing testified about the harm that Molovin- al testers and the FEC had sky’s conduct caused to the FEC. Ms. Reid claims under the DCHRA. parties stipulated vertising budget proxy publication that Executive Suite’s as a for the $12,000. advertising budget yearly necessary publication Ms. Reid costs to counteract the ef- Molovinsky’s discriminatory practices. testified that the FEC used Executive Suite’s ad- fects of quoted phrase us Standing
A.
Tester
the use of the
indicates to
Individual
standing
under the DCHRA is co-exten-
Employ
relies on Fair
standing
under Article III.
sive
Washington, Inc. v.
ment Council Greater
Marketing Corp.,
U.S.App. D.C.
BMC
plaintiff’s statutory
of a
(1994),
Violation
proposition
F.3d
for the
“actual
rights may itself constitute an
do not have
individual testers
injury” sufficient to confer Article
BMC, however,
threatened
to sue under the DCHRA.
Realty
standing.
Corp. v.
III
Havens
Cole
persuasive
has little
value on the tester
man,
1114, 1121,
standing issue. The
court did not ad
U.S.
S.Ct.
BMC
(1982).
provision
dress the anti-discrimination
In Havens the
71 L.Ed.2d
Su
closely
most
resembles the DCHRA terms
preme Court held that a tester who
prohibited practices
relief:
and available
statutory right
of her
to truthful
violation
Rights
Title
1964 Civil
VII
housing
Article
satisfied the
III
information
Rights
amended
the 1991 Civil
Act.2 See
374, 102
requirement
injury
fact. Id. at
(1994);
§§
42 U.S.C.
2000e-l
to 2000e-17
plaintiff
at 1121. The
testers
Sutherland,
Young
Arthur
& Co.
statutory
alleged a violation of their
(D.C.1993).
n.
Thus
361 & 17
we turn
right
As
to be free from sexual harassment.3
language
of the DCHRA itself in decid
Havens,
injury
rights
their
*5
ing
standing
tester
issue.
Furthermore,
the stat
personal.
direct and
injury
utory
accompanying
exist
violation
“[a]ny person
The DCHRA allows
in
respect to the testers’ intentions
without
claiming
by discriminatory
be
aggrieved”
to
initiating
“That the tester
the encounters.
practice
against
to
an
action
court
fully
may
approached [appellant]
ex
have
l-2556(a).
offending
§
party.
D.C.Code
discrimination],
[experience
pecting
sex
to
nearly
Supreme
The
Court
construed
any
[accepting
of
without
intention
an
Rights
language of the
Act of
identical
Civil
referral],
negate
employment
does not
(“any person
1968
who claims to have been
meaning
simple
injury
of
of
fact
within
injured”)
standing
to
to the full extent
confer
Id.;
Evers
see also
v.
[the DCHRA].”
рermits.
that Article III of the Constitution
204,
178, 180,
202,
Dwyer,
79 S.Ct.
3
358 U.S.
Metropolitan
v.
Insurance
Trafficante
Life
(1958) (fact
plaintiff
222
board
Co.,
209,
L.Ed.2d
205,
93
34
409 U.S.
pur
for
racially segregated
the sole
(1972);
ed
bus
Gray Greyhound
L.Ed.2d 415
see
challenge
East,
instituting litigation
seg
to
pose of
U.S.App. D.C.
Lines
(1976)
Thus
regation
significant”).
“not
(construing
F.2d
Title VII
DCHRA,
in this case had stand
hold that the testers
to confer
language, identical
III).
alleged
of their
ing
of
Al
to sue for the
violation
standing to the limits Article
III,
rights
the DCHRA.4
though this court is not bound Article
under
(b),
Rights
§
example,
part of
Civil
Act amended Title VII to
42 U.S.C. 2000e-2
2.For
damages
past
provide
tions,
remedy
Rights
as a
for
viola-
states:
for
the Civil
At the time
does
DCHRA.
employment practice
unlawful
It shall
an
BMC, however,
not autho-
events in
Title VII did
employment agency
an
to fail
refuse
for
damages,
testers
rize an award of
employment,
discrimi-
refer for
otherwise
(Article III)
satisfy
constitutional
failed
against, any
individual because of
nate
race,
standing
enjoin
requirements
sue to
future
for
color,
sex,
religion,
origin....
or national
they did not show a likelihood
violations because
DCHRA,
l-2512(a), pаrt
of the
subject
they
of future viola-
would
states:
BMC,
U.S.App.
supra,
D.C.
tions.
discriminatory practice
be an
It shall
unlawful
F.3d at 1272.
acts,
any
following
wholly or
to do
discriminatory
partially
based
for a
reason
opinion,
part
explain
III
As we
shall
color,
race,
origin,
religion,
upon
national
any challenge to
has waived
any
...
individual:
sex
[or]
alleged.
applicability
to the facts
DCHRA
SjS
>¡5
‡
Hi
sfc
acting
(2)
plaintiff
employment,
in this case were
for
testers
To fail or refuse
refer
program
classify
employment, any
ausрices
established
under the
of an
or refer for
or to
individual,
discrimination,
employment
the di-
combatting
to discriminate
or otherwise
that Mr.
rectors of which had reason
believe
against,
individual....
Organizational
B.
Standing
supports
finding
Molovinsky’s
discrim-
inatory
pur-
conduct frustrated the FEC’s
argues
also
that the FEC
pose
promoting equal employment oppor-
standing
lacks
compensatory
to recover
dam
tunity. Ms. Reid testified that the FEC had
ages
it
“injury
cannot show
in fact.”5
counseling
to increase its
of sex discrimina-
BMC,
Relying again on
he asserts that the
tion victims and its educational
efforts
FEC’s
gender-
diversion of funds to test for
negative message,
order to counteract
based discrimination was “self-inflicted” and
conduct,
public by
BMC,
sent to the
injury
thus not an
at all. See
409-410,
U.S.App.
acceptable
sex discrimination is
D.C. at
behav-
must fail
of section
IV
Molovinsky also contends that
women,
jury composition
final
black
six
Molovinsky asserts
the trial
woman,
consti
one white
and one black man
erroneously
court
im
allowed him
tuted
racial and sex discrimination”
“clear
cross-examination,
peached,
on
with his
Although his
and denied him a fair trial.
conspiracy
conviction of
to counterfeit or al
clear,
argument
entirely
is not
currency
ter
of the United
He ar
States.
challenging
by appel-
use
appears to
prejudicial
gues that the
effect of that evi
challеnge to
peremptory
lees’
of one
counsel
outweighed
probative
dence
its
value and was
juror.. Upon
prospective
strike a
white male
solely
jury.
argu
used
to inflame the
This
removal,
Molovinsky’sobjection
juror’s
14-305(b) (1995),
ignores
ment
the court said:
provides
which
that “evidence that the wit
is
sub-
Okay.
don’t think there
ness
been convicted
criminal
[certain]
your allegations
at all to
either with
stance
offensefs] shall be
if
admitted
offered
way in
respect
panel,
which
added),
(emphasis
long
cross-exаmination”
so
selected,
panel
certainly nothing
as the witness’ release from confinement or
*7
respect
discriminatory
with
use
to the
expiration
parole, probation,
the
sen
peremptory challenges.
tence,
later,
more
whichever was
occurred no
years
ten
trial
male
than
before the
date.
There was one white
14-305(b)(2)(B).10
lawyer,
§
simply
The
struck
there
D.C.Code
admis
who was a
and
discretionary.
a
evidence is
was one strike utilized. There’s not even
sion
such
States,
See, e.g., Langley
prima
v.
A.2d
facie
such that I
even
United
515
would
(D.C.1986) (“a
729,
require
no
735
trial court has
further of Ms. Buchanan whether
discriminatory
based
preclude
discretion to
use
convictions
or not her intent was
impeachment”);
upon
going
v.
I’m not
gender
Dorman
bias....
for
United
(en
States,
(D.C.1984)
455,
inquiry on
491 A.2d
have further
this record.
statement,
change
involving dishonesty
Appellant’s pro
this
or false
se status does not
9.
might
305(b)(1),
requirement
result. Whatever the situation
a
that was also sat-
14—
pro
litigants,
a matter that
need not
other
address
se
isfied here.
here,
Mr.
is a law school
graduate
the
and a former member of
bar.
recognized a few
11.Such
discretion had been
comply
no
to excuse his failure to
see
reason
States,
years
v.
earlier
Luck
United
with the rule.
151,
(1965),
U.S.App.
which
D.C.
further
appellees, proven, if is not even actionable type it is of discrimination
prohibited by Appellees con- the statute. hand,
tend, phrase “or other gives applica- the statute broad
otherwise” relationships, employment tion to cover all CERRONI, Respondent. Joseph re A. including the type of sexual harassment engaged. Molovinsky which of the District A Member of the Bar Appeals. of Columbia Court no be question There is crude, boorish, utterly unac havior was 93-BG-1673, Nos. 95-BG-1407. ceptable. compelling argument, He makes Appeals. of Columbia Court of District however, type is not of conduct prohibited by Although sexual the DCHRA. Sept. Submitted discriminatory is actionable as a harassment Decided Oct. VII, limited practice under Title it has been workplace in the that either situations conditioning employ concrete involve the favors or create
ment benefits on sexual See working
hostile environment. Meritor Vinson, 57, 106
Savings Bank
477 U.S.
(1986).
no
employment existed between testers, these neither of and the case, no is met here. I have found
conditions any, suggesting that appellees
nor cited have con should be phrase otherwise” “or such as that
strued so as to conduct ambit of within the hand, I
DCHRA. On the other narrowly a interpret statute
reluctant legisla “undoubtedly intended” broadly eliminate the
ture “to read *9 in. discrimination
many proscribed forms of District_” Co Dean v. District of (D.C.1995).
lumbia, need my colleagues that agree suffi- whether evidence decide discriminatory practice
cient to establish preserve failed to by moving for appellate review issue
