Credits: 3.0 general credit hours
Description: In the final class of our Hot Topics in Federal Personnel Law Series, we provide a comprehensive overview of the key aspects of disciplinary and adverse actions at the agency level, focusing on misconduct (5 USC § 7501, et seq.) and performance-based actions (5 USC § 4301, et seq.). Our expert faculty guide you through the intricacies of practice before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), covering the appeals process for adverse actions. Additionally, the class will delve into whistleblower claims, including the critical steps required for exhausting administrative remedies on prohibited personnel action claims before the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) prior to filing an appeal with the MSPB. The following are among the topics this class will address:
- Differences between disciplinary and adverse actions, due process/harmful error concerns, performance improvement plans, mitigation factors, and last chance agreements
- Whistleblower reprisal claims and exhaustion before the OSC
- Discovery, discovery disputes, prehearing submissions, and prehearing disputes
- Hearings, initial decisions, and petitions for review
- Oral argument
- Judicial review
- Circuit Court case law update
This class is essential for practitioners looking to master the complexities of federal personnel law and effectively advocate in these challenging cases.
Faculty: Honorable Monique Binswanger, Administrative Judge, US Merit Systems Protection Board; Honorable Jeremiah Cassidy, Regional Director/Chief Administrative Judge, US Merit Systems Protection Board; and James Eisenmann, Alden Law Group PLLC (Moderator)
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Series Fees: $222 D.C. Bar Communities Members; $252 D.C. Bar Members; $282 Government and Nonprofit Attorneys; $342 Others
Individual Class Fees: $89 D.C. Bar Communities Members; $99 D.C. Bar Members; $109 Government and Nonprofit Attorneys; $129 Others
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