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Our EEO Experience
Our attorneys have extensive experience representing federal employees of all federal agencies in the following:
- EEO Investigations
- Our attorneys will help you make timely contact with an EEO counselor and assist in filing a formal EEO complaint. If you choose to mediate your claim, we will also represent you during the mediation procedures.
- EEOC Hearings, nationwide before Administrative Judges
If you do not prevail during a hearing, we can represent you in an appeal before the EEOC. Our firm’s goal is to seek full and effective relief for each and every victim of discrimination. The remedies may include:
- Compensatory damages
- Back pay, with interest if applicable, and lost benefits of employment such as leave lost, sick days used, lost TSP contributions
- Placement in the position the victim would have occupied if the discrimination had not occurred
- Posting a notice to all employees advising them of their rights under the laws EEOC enforces and their right to be free from retaliation
- Corrective or preventive actions taken to cure or correct the source of the identified discrimination
Legal Services Offered:
- File discrimination and retaliation complaints with federal agencies and the EEOC
- Litigate adverse personnel actions through the Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of Personal Management, or the Office of Special Counsel
- Respond to personnel actions, such as proposed suspensions, demotions, denials of within-grade-increases, transfers, and terminations
- Protect whistleblowers against retaliation
- Resolve reduction in force issues
- Obtain disability and other retirement benefits
- Provide Office of Inspector General responses
- Protect the jobs of reservists and National Guard soldiers
- Defend your right to engage in political activity
- Maintain your privacy rights
- Appeal the denial, revocation, or downgrade of security clearances
- Assist in employee investigations and suitability appeals
- Obtain leave under the Family Medical Leave Act
- Obtain reasonable accommodation for disabilities
Tully Rinckey, PLLC can represent clients at every stage of the federal government’s EEO process, from initial EEO counselor contact all the way through appeals in federal court. Call 202-787-1900 today for a consultation on your issue.
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