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Greene’s firm represents women in a class-action gender bias lawsuit against Goldman that is still being fought after a complaint was first filed 13 years ago. Plaintiffs say they too faced reprisals when they resumed work after maternity leave: One claimed that Goldman stripped her of accounts, while the other said the company passed her up for a promotion.

Mommy Track’

In 2010, Goldman settled a lawsuit brought by Charlotte Hanna, a former vice president who said she was pushed onto the “mommy-track” after returning from her first pregnancy and then dismissed a week before coming back after having her second child. In both the class-action and Hanna lawsuits, Goldman denied the allegations.

Mirchandani first learned about Goldman when she won an investment banking competition sponsored by the company during her junior year at the University of California, Berkeley. She started as a Goldman analyst in the late 1990s, leaving in 2003 to earn an MBA at the University of California, Los Angeles before returning to Goldman two years later. She said she managed $300 million for a dozen clients. During her time at the firm, Goldman tapped her to recruit job candidates.

Mallory had also joined Goldman in the 1990s after working several years at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. He was known for his close relationship with the Steinbrenner family, which owns the New York Yankees. In 2007, he helped renegotiate star Alex Rodriguez’s $275 million contract.


Family CEO

While they ended up in the same line of work, their home lives differ greatly. Mirchandani’s husband, Dinesh, works full time. He is chief financial officer of BandMerch, which provides merchandising for musicians. Mallory’s wife, Tracy, quit her career in finance in her 20s, she wrote in a post on the website of her alma mater, Dartmouth College. She described herself as “CEO, COO, logistics coordinator, driver, chef and therapist for Mallory Family Inc.’’

At work, Mirchandani said in an interview, she had difficulty connecting with Mallory. He would organize outings, which included sporting events and drinks, that excluded female advisors, she said. “If you didn’t know sports, it didn’t work with him,” she said.

In 2013, Mirchandani said in an interview, she returned from maternity leave after her first child and discovered that her male partner no longer wanted to work with her. She asked Mallory if she could work with other teams, but he left her on her own, she said.