Federal employee, need attorney

I am a federal supervisor and they represented someone against the government and were very fair. It was a non selection case. Op please realize it is expensive to hire a private attorney and the government has many staff attorneys on their staff.

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09/26/2024 19:13

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Anonymous wrote:I am a federal supervisor and they represented someone against the government and were very fair. It was a non selection case. Op please realize it is expensive to hire a private attorney and the government has many staff attorneys on their staff.

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I second the observation that this will likely cost you a lot of money, and you will be dealing with a well-resourced opponent which almost certainly played by the relevant rules, despite your unhappiness with the outcome. If you have an objectively pretty clear-cut case, by all means move forward. But, if this is a case where reasonable people could disagree about events, or if you're just offended/insulted/frustrated but the agency's decision is defensible, think twice.

I used to represent an agency, defending against discrimination claims, and never lost a case - in every instance the complainant's cases were based on feelings, beliefs, emotions, their individual sense of what should have happened, etc., but never on legally discriminatory conduct by the agency. And, those complainants spent a lot of money trying to advance their losing claims when they would have been infinitely better off improving their competitiveness or improving their job performance, neither of which was ever an appealing alternative in their minds. They were able to find attorneys to represent them, because sometimes agencies will settle instead of defending vigorously just because it's a quick and easy resolution, but if your agency's attorneys are unafraid to litigate and won't roll over just to make you go away, you may well be facing an unfavorable outcome.

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09/26/2024 19:17

Subject: Federal employee, need attorney

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Anonymous wrote:I am a federal supervisor and they represented someone against the government and were very fair. It was a non selection case. Op please realize it is expensive to hire a private attorney and the government has many staff attorneys on their staff.

https://zagfirm.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=gmb

I second the observation that this will likely cost you a lot of money, and you will be dealing with a well-resourced opponent which almost certainly played by the relevant rules, despite your unhappiness with the outcome. If you have an objectively pretty clear-cut case, by all means move forward. But, if this is a case where reasonable people could disagree about events, or if you're just offended/insulted/frustrated but the agency's decision is defensible, think twice.

I used to represent an agency, defending against discrimination claims, and never lost a case - in every instance the complainant's cases were based on feelings, beliefs, emotions, their individual sense of what should have happened, etc., but never on legally discriminatory conduct by the agency. And, those complainants spent a lot of money trying to advance their losing claims when they would have been infinitely better off improving their competitiveness or improving their job performance, neither of which was ever an appealing alternative in their minds. They were able to find attorneys to represent them, because sometimes agencies will settle instead of defending vigorously just because it's a quick and easy resolution, but if your agency's attorneys are unafraid to litigate and won't roll over just to make you go away, you may well be facing an unfavorable outcome.

there are a lot of bullsh*t discrimination cases but there is also an awful lot of actual bad behavior and retaliation…

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09/26/2024 22:56

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a federal supervisor and they represented someone against the government and were very fair. It was a non selection case. Op please realize it is expensive to hire a private attorney and the government has many staff attorneys on their staff.

https://zagfirm.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=gmb

I second the observation that this will likely cost you a lot of money, and you will be dealing with a well-resourced opponent which almost certainly played by the relevant rules, despite your unhappiness with the outcome. If you have an objectively pretty clear-cut case, by all means move forward. But, if this is a case where reasonable people could disagree about events, or if you're just offended/insulted/frustrated but the agency's decision is defensible, think twice.

I used to represent an agency, defending against discrimination claims, and never lost a case - in every instance the complainant's cases were based on feelings, beliefs, emotions, their individual sense of what should have happened, etc., but never on legally discriminatory conduct by the agency. And, those complainants spent a lot of money trying to advance their losing claims when they would have been infinitely better off improving their competitiveness or improving their job performance, neither of which was ever an appealing alternative in their minds. They were able to find attorneys to represent them, because sometimes agencies will settle instead of defending vigorously just because it's a quick and easy resolution, but if your agency's attorneys are unafraid to litigate and won't roll over just to make you go away, you may well be facing an unfavorable outcome.

there are a lot of bullsh*t discrimination cases but there is also an awful lot of actual bad behavior and retaliation…

PP- yes there is. There are a lot of bad managers but it is not always wise to fight an unwinnable battle