admin Abigail Young joins ALG following her work with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as a Trial Attorney and Legal Honors Attorney. In law school, Abigail interned for the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Voting Rights Project of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil … Read more
Atkinson Law Group is thrilled to welcome Lisa Sandoval. As a former senior trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, Lisa worked tirelessly to vindicate the rights of workers who experienced discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. In addition to securing numerous settlements that brought substantial relief to workers and required … Read more
Five years ago, Samantha Maloney accused CEO Stephen Cooper of harassment and flagged misconduct allegations against other employees. She’s still not allowed to talk about it.
Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services sent more than a dozen workers to receive the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, without proper training for infection control or appropriate protective gear, according to a whistleblower complaint.
Harvey Weinstein once waltzed into every room in Hollywood as the king of the movie business. Now, he’s shuffling into New York City criminal court with a walker, facing life in prison for five sex crimes charges, including rape.
President Trump often says members of the “deep state” are bent on sabotaging his agenda. And some of the career civil servants the president is referring to have said they have been retaliated against following reports in conservative media questioning their loyalty to Trump.
Washington, D.C. – Today, November 14, 2019, Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, a State Department employee and her attorney, Katherine Atkinson, released the following statements in response to the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Inspector General’s report on improper personnel practices by State Department officials. In 2017, Ms. Nowrouzzadeh was a career State Department employee on … Read more
The woman accusing Matt Lauer of rape told NBC officials in November 2017 that she did not consent the first time they had sex, according to a copy of Ronan Farrow’s forthcoming book, “Catch and Kill,” obtained by VICE News.
It’s been two years since the #MeToo movement erupted, toppling many powerful men accused of sexual misconduct. Some guys who were ousted for alleged sexual misconduct started talking about their comebacks practically nanoseconds after they were accused. But the pace of those actually doing it seems to be picking up, with comedian Louis C.K. returning … Read more
