Federal employment law · Nationwide
When your federal career is on the line, the clock is already running.
Rose Federal Employment Law represents federal employees in disciplinary proposals and appeals to the MSPB; reasonable accommodations; EEO complaints of discrimination and sexual harassment; and reprisal for whistleblowing or other protected activity. Federal-sector practice is not bound by state lines, so we represent federal employees nationwide. We also represent private sector employees in Washington, DC and its Maryland suburbs in a variety of high-stakes matters.
If any of these sound familiar, act now
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You received a proposed removal or suspension
The notice gives you a short window, often 7 to 30 days, to respond before the deciding official acts. What goes into that reply shapes everything that follows.
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You're being treated differently after reporting something
Sudden bad performance reviews, reassignment, or exclusion after you disclosed wrongdoing or filed an EEO complaint can be unlawful reprisal.
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You're facing discrimination or harassment at your agency
You have 45 calendar days from the discriminatory act to contact an EEO counselor. That clock does not pause while you decide what to do.
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Your removal or demotion just became effective
Most MSPB appeals must be filed within 30 days of the effective date (or receipt of the decision, whichever is later). After that, the Board rarely has jurisdiction to hear you.
Practice areas
Unforgiving systems. Pick the right one.
Federal employees don't sue their agencies the way private-sector workers sue employers. Your case runs through specialized administrative systems with their own procedures, judges, and deadlines. We practice in all of them.
Federal Sector EEO & Discrimination
Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation complaints under Title VII, the ADEA, the Rehabilitation Act, and related statutes, from EEO counselor contact through EEOC hearing and OFO appeal.
45 days to contact an EEO counselor
Federal EEO →Disciplinary Actions & MSPB Appeals
Responses to proposed removals and suspensions, and appeals of adverse actions to the MSPB through discovery, hearing, and petition for review.
30 days to file most MSPB appeals
Discipline & MSPB →Whistleblower Reprisal
Protection for employees punished for reporting wrongdoing: OSC complaints, Individual Right of Action appeals, stays, and reprisal defenses in disciplinary cases.
65 days for an IRA appeal after OSC closes
Whistleblower →Fired, or about to be, and not sure which of these fits? Start with wrongful termination →
How we work
Specific, candid, and built for this system
Federal employees are who this practice is built for. The federal-sector systems (EEO, MSPB, OSC) are where we spend our days, so we can tell you quickly, usually in the first conversation, whether you have a claim, which forum it belongs in, and what deadline you are on. If we don't think a case is worth pursuing, we will say so plainly.
Because EEO and MSPB practice happens before federal agencies and administrative judges rather than state courts, we represent federal employees wherever they serve, whether that is agency headquarters in Washington or a field office anywhere in the country. Hearings are frequently conducted by video, and we handle matters nationwide.
And employment law doesn't stop at the federal workforce for us: through DC Consumer Law Group, PLLC, we represent private-sector and state-government employees as well.
Talk to a federal employment attorney
A short, confidential case evaluation tells you where you stand and what deadline you are on. Nationwide representation from the DC metro area.