On March 30, 2010, three female employees launched a class action gender discrimination lawsuit against Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. The suit, which was filed by Judy Calibuso, a Miami financial adviser in Merrill Lynch, and Julie Moss and Dianne Goedtel, former financial advisers at Bank of America, inculpated the companies of providing the male counterparts of the suing employees with "bigger bonuses and better opportunities". Filed in the US District Court in Brooklyn, it further detailed that one of the female employees was verbally scolded when she confronted the officials. The suit asked for "back pay", "unspecified damages" and "class-action status". In a statement, Shirley Norton, a Bank of America representative denied the accusations and labeled them as "false".