Last summer, we posted a survey of Initial Decisions of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) over a 30-day period. You can read that post by clicking here.

That survey, though not entirely scientific, revealed that out of 52 non-retirement actions before the Board, the employee only prevailed (won after hearing) 2% of the time. That ratio is consistent with the trend before the Board over the past several years.

Given the unlikely odds of prevailing before [...]

Another Attig Law Firm client beat Catch 62! Earlier this month, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) withdrew its decision reducing our client’s civil service annuity. OPM had previously reduced the annuity because the client allegedly failed to make the military service credit deposit prior to his retirement.

Our client retired as a federal employee and began collecting [...]