Discrimination in the Work Place

Rose & Rose, P.C. represents individual victims of employment discrimination. We represent people who work for private sector companies, colleges and universities, and federal, state or local governments. We handle trials, hearings and appeals in federal and state courts and at the administrative level before the EEOC, the MSPB and similar administrative bodies.

These are a few examples of individual cases we have handled:

• We obtained a jury verdict against a Washington D.C. Bank that had fired our client for taking leave for a necessary medical procedure. We later obtained a second jury verdict on a breach of contract claim for another client fired by the same bank. The two cases ultimately settled.
  
• We represented an administrative worker who had complained that her organization did not promote African-American employees. She was fired shortly after she complained. In 1995, after a five-day bench trial, the court ruled for our client. The Court's decision was upheld on appeal. We later won a second appeal concerning the Court's order that the Defendant pay our client's attorney's fees.
  
• We represented a female federal government employee who was repeatedly sexually harassed and propositioned by a co-worker several grades above her. Management never disciplined the harasser and eventually promoted him. After a two-day hearing held three months after we signed on as counsel, an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Administrative Judge announced she would rule for our client on her claim of sexual harassment. The case settled shortly thereafter.
  
• One August several years ago, a client's doctor told her that she had suspicious markings on a mammogram. She reported to her boss that she needed time off for a biopsy. She was fired days later. We sued, asserting claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family & Medical Leave Act. Eventually, on the eve of trial, we obtained a favorable settlement for our client.