Washington, DC
Employment and labor Lawyer at Washington, DC
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Wrongful Termination ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Client reinstated to her former job with back pay.
The Army fired our client for alleged time and attendance fraud. The administrative judge found that our client's termination was the result of WHISTLEBLOWING AND EEO REPRISAL. The judge ordered the ... Army to give our client her job back, with full back pay.
OUTCOME: Discrimination Found
The Army discriminated against the employee when it disclosed his personal medical information. Also, the Army could not stop the employee from pursuing his claims when the employee's boss intimidated ... him into withdrawing his discrimination complaint.
OUTCOME: Successful appeal
Department of Defense fired Mr. Middleton; we demonstrated that Mr. Middleton was entitled to appeal the removal, even though DoD objected. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined ... that Mr. Middleton had constitutional due process rights associated with his job, even though DoD disagreed.
OUTCOME: Equal Pay For Equal Work
Proved that the female employee was paid less than men who were performing substantially similar work. This case has become one of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's primary cases for apply ... ing the Equal Pay Act to federal employees. Telford v. Army, EEOC No. 01973892 (2000).
OUTCOME: Client was given his job back, with full back pay, interest and benefits, and with full and reasonable attorney fees.
Client was reinstated, recovered full back pay and attorney fees.
OUTCOME: OPM granted retroactive retirement with retroactive benefits.
OPM denied our client's disability retirement under the Federal Employees Retirement System. We appealed for him and after reviewing our legal arguments, OPM agreed.