Talk about awkward timing! Guess which firm is on the 2018 Working Mother and ABA Journal's “Best Law Firms for Women” list? Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, the labor and employment firm that's now facing a $300 million gender bias suit.

I have no idea how the case will shake out, but I'm willing to bet that some of Ogletree's female lawyers—current and former—are balking (or barfing) at the “best” label. The complaint, filed earlier this year, alleges that the firm “pays its male shareholders approximately $110,000 more than its female shareholders, in target compensation and bonus alone.” Plus, there's been a steady exodus of female partners out of Ogletree (10 have left since January, when the case was filed, according to ALM Intelligence).

And just a few days ago, the firm took the unusual step of singling out one of the plaintiffs, Tracy Warren, a former partner who's now at Buchalter, for criticism. “Ms. Warren was terminated from the firm following a client complaint of unprofessional and unethical conduct. Following an investigation by both the firm and outside counsel, Ms. Warren was expelled on a vote of the equity shareholders,” said the firm in a statement to Law.com. (The firm did not name the client nor the outside counsel for the investigation.)