Former Staff Attorney’s Discrimination Suit Against Covington Back on Track

A federal judge on Friday revived the discrimination suit filed by former Covington & Burling staff attorney Yolanda Young against her old firm. The judge had dismissed the case after Young and her attorney failed to show up in court. Young asked the judge to reconsider, saying her attorney had simply written down the wrong time for the conference on his calendar. Young argued that her inability to file another claim was too harsh a penalty for a small oversight, and the judge seems to have agreed.