Ellen Pao, the former venture capitalist who filed a high-stakes gender discrimination lawsuit against the firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, filed a Notice of Appeal Monday in San Francisco Superior Court. A six-man, six-woman jury found in favor of the venture capital firm in March after four weeks of testimony that was closely watched by Silicon Valley as tensions in the tech industry surrounding its lack of diversity swelled. In court, Judge Harold Kahn ruled in favor of Pao on most motions so it is likely that the appeal will rest on motions filed before the trial began. If Pao does move forward with an appeal, she will leave on the table $972,814.50 in legal fees that Kleiner Perkins offered to waive if she does not appeal. Pao filed suit against Kleiner Perkins in 2012 for $16 million in damages for gender discrimination and retaliation, plus unspecified punitive damages.