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Southworth PC Client Wins Trial: Agency Discriminated Against and Retaliated Against Client

After trying a case in December, our federal employment attorneys Shaun Southworth and Ianna Richardson recently prevailed on behalf our federal employee client. A judge from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found the Agency failed to select our client for...

Southworth PC Trial Time: EEOC Judge Green Lights Race, Sex, and Retaliatory Harassment Hearing

Federal employment attorneys at Southworth PC have heard another one of their cases is headed to trial. An administrative judge from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has determined a hearing is warranted in the matter. At issue in the case is did the Agency...

Southworth PC Trial Time: EEOC Judge Green Lights Reasonable Accommodation Trial

An EEOC judge has given the green light to a trial for a Southworth PC client in a disability discrimination case. Usually in EEOC cases, many Agency’s will file a motion for summary judgment at the hearing stage after discovery is completed. This motion argues that...

Southworth PC Obtains OFO Reversal: EEOC Requires Agency to Investigate Claims

Recently, federal employment attorneys Shaun Southworth and secured a victory before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Office of Federal Operations. In the case, the Agency had dismissed the entirely of our client’s disability discrimination and reasonable...

Southworth PC Trial Time: Judge Orders Agency to Trial in Religious Failure to Accommodate Case

A judge before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently green lighted a trial--or as we call it in the federal sector, a hearing--denying a motion by the Agency for a decision without a hearing. The judge found there were genuine issues of material facts...

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...

Supreme Court Holds LGTBQ+ Individuals Protected from Discrimination Under Title VII’s Sex-Related Provisions

Today, the Supreme Court held that an employer violates Title VII when it intentionally fires an individual employee "based in part on sex" because "homosexuality and transgender status are inextricably bound up with sex." No less, intentional discrimination based on...

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