Articles Posted in Discrimination

Over my 25 years of legal practice, I have seen many people who have made the sad mistake of choosing the wrong lawyer to represent them. They usually come in very angry and quite skeptical about lawyers in general. They come in with a stack of papers they obtained from their first lawyer that they…

Many times I have met with clients who felt like they were being harassed or discriminated against in the workplace long before coming to see me. However, they failed to complain to their employers for fear that they would suffer retaliation or even termination if they complained. They felt that it was either better to…

On August 5, 2016, a federal jury in Washington D.C., awarded Doris Garcia Hernandez, a former Chipotle employee, $550,000 for suffering discrimination by her employer. The facts of the case are as follows: after Ms. Hernandez informed her manager of her pregnancy, her manager failed to provide reasonable accommodations and in fact made her life…