Lexington, KY
Litigation Lawyer at Lexington, KY
Practice Areas: Litigation
OUTCOME: Settled for approximately $60,000
August's client was removed after proposing a plan for completing a particular work project. Other employees failed to follow his direction which resulted in a serious security breach at a Navy install ... ation. After appealing to the MSPB on multiple grounds, including an affirmative defense of race discrimination, the case settled in mediation.
OUTCOME: Settled for $55,000
August's client was fired after complaining about a coworker who made racist remarks against himself and customers and supporting another employee's sexual harassment complaint against that coworker.
OUTCOME: Settled for $45,000
August came onto this case as it was preparing to go to trial. The client was suing his employer for creating a hostile work environment based on race discrimination. He had been called some sort of ra ... cial slur nearly every day for a year by coworkers and supervisors, despite multiple complaints. After winning several important pretrial evidentiary motions, the case settled for close to the statutory maximum amount that could have been awarded by jury.
OUTCOME: 20-day suspension mitigated to no discipline
August represented a federal employee with prior discipline who was accused of failing to supervise his subordinate. The Agency proposed to suspend the employee for 20-days. The Agency initially mitiga ... ted the suspension to 14-days, but after August administratively grieved the discipline, all discipline against his client was cancelled.
OUTCOME: $24,000 settlement
August represented a federal employee who claimed that he had been discriminated against on the basis of his religion and obtained a $24,000 settlement on his behalf.
OUTCOME: Demotion and suspension mitigated to a Letter of Reprimand
August represented a federal employee who admitted to manipulating documents, misplacing files, and granting extensions to deadlines without approval. The Agency proposed a three-day suspension and a d ... emotion to GS-7. The Agency accepted August’s arguments and mitigated the discipline to a Letter of Reprimand.
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