Q: I need help filing civil suit and received my answer from the agency after the settlement conference.
I received no instruction or guidance. The whole time the case has been done in bad faith. Offering only to expunge my record is not enough for a case that was never investigated. And nothing supports his allegations. I had a representative however I believe there may have been a conflict of interest due to her family member seeing one of the people in my eeoc that threatened me on the job. I just want guidance or help if possible. It was never proven nor investigated. I am part of a protected class, and he retaliated against me. i endured harassment and Im a black female who made a complaint and nothing was done but I was punished. Soon as this man alleges a white female made a false allegation stated I made a threat which was false I got terminated without it being proven. Its been since 2012. I also have a 2015 for failure to hire and a summary judgement filed last year is still pending? This is before november of 2016.
A:
If you have an attorney and they are working your case and only get paid if they get money for you, they have a substantial investment in seeing they get paid so they will do what has to be done, so I'd recommend staying with them. Understand
that not every case of retaliation can be proven, especially if they can document an alternate reason, no matter how made-up you may think that reason. You may always get a second opinion from an attorney that handles employement issues.
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