Veterans Benefits Attorney Chris Attig discusses legislation introduced to balance the inequity for Blue Water Navy Vets.

When a Federal Employee negotiates a settlement of an MSPB appeal, he or she is entitled to the benefit  bargained for in the agreement.  A recent MSPB case illustrates how the MSPB Administrative Judge and the MSPB Full Board review settlement agreements entered into by Parties. Felch v. Navy, 2009 MSPB 160 (August 24, 2009).

First, the MSPB should look to the law of contracts in interpreting settlement agreements.  (N.B. – Contract law interprets contracts by first looking to the contract [...]

Occasionally, we see a proposal letter that is so poorly or broadly worded that the Federal Employee is not fully informed of the charges that the Agency has brought against them.

When removing a Federal Employee, Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) case law is clear that 5 U.S.C. § 7513(b)(1) requires that the Federal government Agency give the Federal employee advance writtten notice stating the specific reasons for the proposed adverse action. The MSPB has consistently held that a Federal employee [...]

Both the MSPB and the EEOC afford Appellants (or Complainants) the opportunity to pursue discovery.   While the timelines and the amounts of discovery allowed are quite different, the basic ideas of what discovery is and how it should be used are very similar.

There are six (6) primary types of discovery in litigation in the United States (click on the links for the particular type of discovery you want to read about:
Requests for Admission (Click on link to read more [...]

Attorney Chris Attig, an attorney with experience before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), discusses how the Administrative Judge considers the credibility of witnesses at an MSPB hearing.

We have been getting an increasing number of calls over the last year about firefighters in the Federal Government being denied retirement credits for time served as a firefighter.  Here are the rules, and how it works.

If you are reading this, then you know that Federal employees [...]

Both the MSPB and the EEOC afford Appellants (or Complainants) the opportunity to pursue discovery.   While the timelines and the amounts of discovery allowed are quite different, the basic ideas of what discovery is and how it should be used are very similar.

There are six (6) primary types of discovery in litigation in the U.S (click [...]

This post is part of a continuing series describing the general discovery tools available to Federal Employees who are Appellants before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and/or Complainants before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Both the MSPB and the EEOC afford Appellants (or Complainants) the opportunity to pursue discovery.  While the timelines and the amounts of discovery allowed are quite different, the basic ideas of what discovery is and how it should be used are very similar.

There are [...]

Both the MSPB and the EEOC afford Appellants (or Complainants) the opportunity to pursue discovery.   While the timelines and the amounts of discovery allowed are quite different, the basic ideas of what discovery is and how it should be used are very similar.

Discovery is a very important part of your case.  In an EEO case, you [...]

We have been getting an increasing number of calls over the last year about firefighters in the Federal Government being denied retirement credits for time served as a firefighter.  Here are the rules, and how it works.

If you are reading this, then you know that Federal employees [...]