The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s top attorney turned her legal guns on her employer, reaching a $90,000 settlement of her gender discrimination claim, according to documents obtained today by The Capital Times.
In a notice of claim filed with the state attorney general’s office last month, Melany Newby, 57, said she hadn’t received a raise since 1999, while her fellow vice chancellors, all male, received several large pay adjustments.
Newby, the vice chancellor for legal and executive affairs, departed last month as part of her settlement agreement with the university. She will be on unpaid leave until July 31, which will be her official last day with the university.