Gary W Aber

It all began when I was beginning to be treated unfairly over a two-year period at my sales job at a major American company. I then had a mental breakdown, April 2015, and went on "disability." I'm a 68 year old Latino gay male, Vietnam Vet. The job I had for 17 years; new management came in and cre...ated a hostile environment. I sought legal help and Mr. Aber's name was given me to by another lawyer who said Aber handled "employment cases, re: discrimination, harassment, age-related bullying, etc." I made an appointment to see Mr. Aber and was told a consultation would be $300 and he could see me in a month or so. Fine. I agreed to see him even though time was of the essence since I had filed a complaint with the EEOC, which has its own time limitations. I finally met with Mr. Aber and we spoke for about an hour or so and he called the EEOC and contacted my employer in a letter, but that was it. He mentioned my case was a "nuisance" case and didn't have a chance even though I had 5 pages of intimidating emails from my supervisor. I didn't get any updates from Mr. Aber. After that it was generally impossible to reach him by phone, fax, to find out if he was going to represent me, next steps, etc. In the meantime, I was under therapy at the local VA Hospital for stress and trauma. Time was running out for me to move my case forward because of the EEOC 90-day statutes and my family kept calling Mr. Aber and we finally got an answer that he wouldn't represent me; this was 5 months later. I found the service inadequate, lacking in professionalism, follow-up, and a waste of time and money. If I had known this beforehand, I would have saved my $300 and moved quickly in the beginning to another lawyer at the time of the incidents.