Federal employment law · Nationwide
Rose Federal Employment Law represents federal employees in EEO discrimination complaints and MSPB appeals — proposed removals, hostile work environments, and reprisal for whistleblowing or protected EEO activity. Federal-sector practice is not bound by state lines: we represent employees nationwide from the Washington, DC metro area.
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.
Sudden bad performance reviews, reassignment, or exclusion after you disclosed wrongdoing or filed an EEO complaint can be unlawful reprisal.
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.
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
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 both.
Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation complaints under Title VII, the ADEA, the Rehabilitation Act, and related statutes — from EEO counselor contact through investigation, EEOC hearing, and OFO appeal.
45 days to contact an EEO counselor
Appeals of removals, demotions, and long suspensions, and whistleblower reprisal cases — from the appeal filing through discovery, hearing, and petition for review.
30 days to file most MSPB appeals
How we work
Federal-sector employment law is all we do. That means 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 — agency headquarters in Washington or a field office anywhere in the country. Hearings are frequently conducted by video, and we handle matters nationwide.
A short, confidential case evaluation is the fastest way to find out where you stand and what deadline you are on. Nationwide representation from the DC metro area.
