Southworth PC recently settled a sexual harassment and reprisal case against a large federal agency. The allegations were that a male supervisor treated women and men differently, letting the men do less and giving the men preferential treatment compared to the women....
Agency Cancels Removal of Southworth PC Client; Federal Career Saved
Earlier this year, a large federal agency proposed the removal of our client. After receiving the proposed removal, our client contacted our federal employment attorneys with much experience in federal careers defense. Senior Associate Jesse Kelly worked with our...
EEOC’s OFO tells Federal Agency It Wrongfully Dismissed Our Client’s Claims, The Claims Must be Investigated, and the Agency Needs to Answer Our Concerns About How They Processed The Claims
Recently a smaller federal agency dismissed our client’s claims without justification. Our federal employment attorneys challenged the wrongful action before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Office of Federal Operations and our client has prevailed in...
Southworth PC Settles Coworker Harassment Case For Federal Employee
Our federal employment attorneys recently settled a sexual harassment case. Our attorneys fought to resolve a complex case where, among other things, our client was mistreated and subjected to harassment because assumptions were made about our client's sexual...
Southworth PC Settles Federal Sector Pregnancy Discrimination Case
Our federal employment law firm recently settled a case where our client, a federal employee, faced discrimination based on pregnancy and her gender. Discrimination against pregnant women is all too common today and a serious societal issue. People might think it is...
Southworth PC Settles Reasonable Accommodation Case For Federal Employee
Today, our federal employment attorneys settled a reasonable accommodation case on behalf of our client, a former federal employee, where we alleged an Agency failed to engage in the interactive process in good faith. Additionally, our federal sector attorneys helped...
My boss just proposed disciplinary action against me. Can you believe it? What next?
If you are a federal employee who has just learned that someone is proposing to discipline you (for instance, maybe they are seeking a proposed demotion or even to terminate your federal career altogether), you might have some questions. These could include: what...
Game on! Another Southworth PC Client Heads to ‘Trial’
We are pleased that a Judge from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has today ordered and green-lighted what is essentially a trial (we call it a ‘hearing’ in the federal sector) on our client’s claims. As usual, the Agency tried to prevent the hearing from...
Is my federal agency discriminating against me?
What is discrimination? Well, the answer is it depends. Many people personally have a definition of discrimination. Also our society tends to have a consensus about what discrimination is, though there are particular and predictable opinions among some members of...
Help!? My boss learned I filed an EEO complaint against him and now he won’t stop harassing me.
What should I do? Sue the government to restore justice and get the compensation you deserve. Well, maybe. Each case is different. Some things you might want to consider include: what kind of evidence do you have to prove that the scrutiny is based on the EEO...
