Ms Agbalaya wanted six times her salary in compensation

Meanwhile, Brown's lawyer, Debra Opri, objected to the language of the verdict, which found her client liable for "wrongful termination".

Ms Opri said the cause listed in the case was "wrongful termination in violation of public policy".

"This was a mistake of law that we seek to correct," she said.

Ms McMillan added that instructions given to the jury before the verdict was announced created "confusions and problems".

She asked that the case be reviewed.

Lost revenue

Ms Agbalaya had claimed that Brown had made sexual advances towards her when she visited his Georgia home in 1999.

She said she had lost her job of seven years because she rejected him.

Brown had contested the unfair dismissal charge alongside the other charges.

He testified that Ms Agbalaya was dismissed after he closed his West Coast office because it wasn't making money.

He said he had never made any unwanted sexual overtures to her.

Ms McMillan told the court that the two-person office had been closed just three days after the case was filed - after having been relocated only four months earlier.

She said her client should be compensated with at least six times the $39,000 (�27,300) salary she had earned in the job.

Legend

This was contested by Ms Opri, who said that Ms Agbalaya deserved no more than a week's pay.

Ms Agbalaya had worked for The New James Brown Enterprises for seven years.

James Brown is one of the most successful ever US R&B artists, with hits including I Feel Good and Papa's Got A Brand New Bag.

Over a 39-year period, he has amassed 98 entries on Billboard's American top 40 R&B singles charts, a record unsurpassed by any other artist.

Seventeen of those songs reached number one, a feat topped only by Stevie Wonder and Louis Jordan, and equalled only by Aretha Franklin.