But her tenure got more complicated as Pao tried to climb the ladder at Kleiner. She was named a junior investing partner, but never promoted to senior partner. When she was fired, she accused the firm of gender discrimination, which the firm denied and which led to her 2012 lawsuit and culminated in a 2015 trial. The Recode staff covered the trial extensively, offering wall-to-wall coverage, along with a series of scoops and features on top of that. One thing I was particularly proud of was that our relentless courtroom reporting shoved the topic into the mainstream and garnered an enormous
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