Federal employee, need attorney

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for recommendations for an employment attorney. Thank you very much in advance.

Kudzi

[Anonymous]

https://kcnfdc.com/

[Anonymous]

Drop a letter

File with eeoc

[Anonymous]

It takes decades to fire someone from my agency. By the time a person is fired one can be assured that every single potential grievance the person could possibly have has been mitigated, sometimes several times. Good luck OP.

[Anonymous]

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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…

There’s a lot of bad behavior but most bad behavior is not discriminatory.

[Anonymous]

Get a payout to not sue them in the future

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a payout to not sue them in the future

That's what many complainants and their attorneys hope for, but if faced with a defiant opponent will end up withdrawing or losing before a tribunal after expending substantial time and money after unsuccessfully trying to elicit a settlement in lieu of litigation. Happens far more often than do financially rewarding settlements, and even less often than wins before tribunals. Most cases simply lack merit. This one may or may not be the exception.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get a payout to not sue them in the future

That's what many complainants and their attorneys hope for, but if faced with a defiant opponent will end up withdrawing or losing before a tribunal after expending substantial time and money after unsuccessfully trying to elicit a settlement in lieu of litigation. Happens far more often than do financially rewarding settlements, and even less often than wins before tribunals. Most cases simply lack merit. This one may or may not be the exception.

Have seen the opposite, especially when there’s a pattern of it (the discrimination or misconduct by employer).

But no publicized BS tribunals like at the IMF where I work. Club fed doesn’t always do those.

[Anonymous]

Berry and Berry is very good. They have represented a lot of federal employees over the years. https://www.berrylegal.com/practice-areas/federal-employment/

[Anonymous]

$25,000 retainer with any of them.

[Anonymous]

The federal agencies know that even if an employee has an excellent case they can stall the case for even up to a decade or more. The courts, especially in DC, just sit on motions as long as they like in favor of the government. Blame "caseload" "large casefile". whatever.