The Attig Law Firm announces a new fixed-fee service for MSPB appellants. For a fixed fee, a lawyer with experience before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) will review, and advise you on, any written settlement proposal made to you by the Agency in your appeal.

If an Agency attorney has offered you a settlement proposal, you can bet that (s)he had a supervisory attorney review the agreement before it was sent to you. As a pro-se [...]

Over the coming weeks, we will be posting a series of articles about Whistle-blower reprisal appeals before the MSPB. Whistle-blower appeals are some of the more difficult cases to bring before an Administrative Judge of the MSPB, for many reasons. Click here to return to the original post: Introduction to Whistle-blower Reprisal Thread.

This post, the second in the thread, will generally discuss the Whistle-blower Protection Act: what it is, and what it is supposed to do.

The next post, “Are [...]

Over the coming weeks, we will be posting a series of articles about Whistle-blower reprisal appeals before the MSPB. Whistle-blower appeals are some of the more difficult cases to bring before an Administrative Judge of the MSPB, for many reasons.

One of the reasons for this is the statute itself is poorly written and so narrowly interpreted that it often fails to provide any real protection to those that try to keep our Executive Branch safe, dignified, and fiscally sound.

Another [...]