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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do employment law.  The EEOC chooses to prosecute a tiny, minuscule number of charges.  Most of the time, they give the person making the charge a right to sue letter, which means you need to find your own attorney.[/quote]

Have you had any luck with suing for punitive damages?  [/quote]

It is very rare to get punitive damages. Most cases settle for some amount related to the former annual salary. A range from one month of pay to sometimes 18 months of pay for a good case.

Most title vii/ada/adea employment cases lose. That’s why the employer side attorneys think they are so good. It’s really hard to beat summary judgment. And employment plaintiffs have a range of their own problems. Some of course are wronged, but a lot of them just seem crazy and angry and are horrible clients. [/quote]

I should note I am not the person you responded to, I should also note most federal judges hate employment discrimination cases and often say they won’t be an HR department. I used to have some idealism in this area of law, but so many employment plaintiffs seem nuts. It’s a real turn off. [/quote]

Third employment lawyer here and yeah, so many employment plaintiffs are nuts. I do it on the federal side and there are a lot of crazy people. Of course there are also people who are truly wronged but there are lots of people who reflexively file an EEO claim if their manager looks at them sideways. Sometimes there are honest miscommunications between the employee and management. Sometimes people flat out lie or are delusional.[/quote]

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