Washington, D.C. · Federal Employment Defense
They issued the notice.
You have the right
to answer.
Proposed removal. Clearance denial. Whistleblower retaliation. A single SF-50 should not end a thirty-year career.
Statute represents federal employees at every stage — from the day the notice lands on your desk to the final argument before the Merit Systems Protection Board. We have reversed what agencies call final.
340+
Appeals Filed
87%
Favorable Outcomes
18
Years in Federal Practice
Every phase of representation, in the order it happens.
Initial Rights Assessment
The moment you receive a proposed action, the clock starts. We identify every procedural right available under 5 U.S.C. § 7513 — your right to review the agency's file, to respond orally or in writing, and to be represented. Most employees do not know they can demand the complete evidentiary file before writing a single word.
PROPOSED REMOVAL — AGENCY FILE EXCERPT
Agency Response Analysis
We dissect the agency's proposed action for procedural defects, inconsistent penalty application, and evidentiary weakness. Douglas Factor analysis — the twelve elements governing penalty proportionality — routinely reveals that the agency's chosen penalty is excessive against the actual record. This analysis forms the backbone of your written reply.
DOUGLAS FACTOR ANALYSIS — ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT
Discovery & Evidence Gathering
Before the Merit Systems Protection Board, discovery is a right, not a courtesy. We issue interrogatories, request the complete personnel file, depose deciding officials, and subpoena comparator disciplinary records. Agencies frequently make decisions based on incomplete or selectively presented information. We build the complete record.
MSPB DISCOVERY REQUEST — EXCERPT
Hearing Preparation
MSPB hearings are adversarial proceedings before an Administrative Judge. We prepare every witness with the same rigor as federal district court. Direct examination outlines, cross-examination frameworks for the deciding official, and exhibit binders organized to the Board's evidentiary standards. Preparation is the argument.
MSPB HEARING TRANSCRIPT — EXCERPT
MSPB Argument & Decision
We argue that the agency's action cannot survive the Board's review — that the charge is not sustained, or that even if sustained, removal is not within the tolerable bounds of reasonableness. When the Board agrees, the final decision reads one word across the agency's case.
MSPB INITIAL DECISION
No phone call required. Submit your situation privately and receive a written assessment within one business day.
Three areas. One focus: keeping federal employees in their careers.
Federal employment law is a narrow specialty. We practice nothing else.
MSPB Appeals
Merit Systems Protection Board
We represent federal employees in appeals of removals, suspensions of more than 14 days, demotions, and furloughs. MSPB proceedings are governed by strict procedural rules — representation from the initial reply stage forward significantly increases the probability of a favorable outcome.
Security Clearance Defense
Revocation & Denial
Security clearance adjudication is one of the most consequential and least understood areas of federal law. We respond to Statements of Reasons, represent employees at personal appearance hearings before the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals, and have successfully mitigated every Adjudicative Guideline.
Whistleblower Retaliation
OSC Complaints & WPA Defense
The Whistleblower Protection Act prohibits agencies from retaliating against employees who disclose waste, fraud, abuse, or safety violations. When an agency responds to protected disclosure with reassignment, hostile conditions, or adverse action, we file with the Office of Special Counsel and litigate before the MSPB.
What agencies call final, we have reversed.
All results anonymized per client confidentiality. Prior outcomes do not guarantee similar results.
Removal Reversed
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Proposed removal following patient safety disclosure
MSPB Administrative Judge found charge not sustained. Employee restored with full back pay and attorney fees awarded.
Clearance Restored
Intelligence Community
TS/SCI revocation — Guideline E (Personal Conduct)
Statement of Reasons successfully rebutted at DOHA personal appearance. Clearance reinstated within 90 days of hearing.
Suspension Mitigated
Department of Defense
30-day suspension reduced to letter of reprimand
Douglas Factor analysis demonstrated penalty grossly disproportionate to comparator cases in same division.
OSC Corrective Action
Department of Homeland Security
Retaliatory reassignment following waste disclosure
Office of Special Counsel found retaliation and ordered corrective action. Employee returned to original position.
87%
Favorable outcomes across all matters
Reversal, mitigation, or clearance restoration
48 hrs
Average time to first attorney contact
From case assessment submission
100%
Federal employment practice
We do not practice any other area of law
The reply deadline will not wait.
Neither should you.
Most federal employees wait too long before seeking representation. The written reply period — typically 7 to 30 days — is your strongest opportunity to influence the outcome. After a decision issues, the burden shifts to you.
Assess Your Federal Case
A six-question intake that takes three minutes. No phone call required. A Statute attorney reviews every submission personally.
Attorney-client privilege attaches from first contact. No phone number required.