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I suggest you consult the Illinois State Bar Association's Lawyer Finder service to help you find a lawyer that handles that sort of matter or use some other lawyer directory service. This site is not a place to find lawyers to represent you. If you have a shot under IL law to expunge or seal...

If it was an illegal discrimination matter, you'd be right. But despite the OP mentioning "EEO Court" I see nothing in the facts that suggests illegal discrimination was the reason for termination. The agency said that the termination was for misconduct/violence. That's a valid reason for a...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits treating you differently than other employees based on your relationship to someone with a disability. That is known as the association provision of the ADA. However, the association provision does not require the employer to take the extra...

Ok, what federal agency did you work for? What was the date of termination and what administrative appeals did you take with your agency and OPM? What exactly is the EEO court you mentioned? And when did it dismiss your claim? I used to be a federal employee and at the end of my federal...

What records specifically are you trying to get? The subject line of your thread indicates that you are looking to get records of a federal government employee. If that's correct then the only way you may seek that information is under the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). I discussed...

Most information in a federal employee's personnel file is exempt from disclosure under FOIA because of restrictions both in FOIA itself and in the federal Privacy Act of 1974. Unless the disciplinary action was public, e.g. the result of a court case, a member of the public is unlikely to get...

There is no way I can tell you that because I don't know what the laws are that you are complaining about. Being poor is not a crime, but it does make a lot of things much more difficult. The government generally is not required to bend its rules simply based on the wealth (or lack of wealth) of...

In order to answer that I would need to know what kind of investment is paying the interest. Any income that is nontaxble/excluded from gross income won't eveh show up on the return and would not be an issue. When it comes to interest, the most common nontaxable interest comes from government...

The malpractice attorney will go over that. Claims for future damages are often included in the complaint the plaintiff files, whether the court will grant that and how much it would be are impossible for me to say. The problem with future wage claims for kids with any disability is that the...

What kind of income did he have that resulted in the liability? And was each application for relief based only on innocent spouse? What tax year(s) are involved and were they filed on time? That's what I'll need to get a sense of what might help you. Note that the reason the IRS doesn't care...

In a case in federal court based on diversity jurisdiction the court applies the state substantive law, including its laws on what damages are available. In this regard the same damages are available whether the action is brought in federal court or state court. While federal judges tend to be...

If you sign the release, you won't be signing it under duress. In the law, duress means the use of force (e.g. physically harming you), the threat of using force (threatening to kill or harm you), or some other illegal means to compel you to do or not do something. Simply stonewalling, refusing...

Those guidelines are just that, guidelines. That leaves open the possibility that what the doctor did is still within the bounds of medical practice. In order to prove perjury you have to more than just show the statement he made on the stand was untrue and that the doctor knew at the time he...

That's not correct as stated. It's much too broad. The IRS calls to communicate with taxpayers every day. But the initial contact on any noncriminal matter is nearly always done by letter.

In general the state may not demand that the OP pay off a discharged debt in order to get a benefit the OP otherwise is entitled to receive from the state. So that is one problem that bankruptcy might solve in addition to discharging debt that he/she will otherwise never be able to pay. The...

Where did you buy the phone? Did you buy it directly from AT&T, an independent store that sells AT&T products and slapped an AT&T sign on it, or someplace else? Remember that while the service contract is with AT&T if it didn't sell you the phone then you would need to sue the place that did...

They might try suing the dog in the small claims court for the $500 loss. Maybe they could seize his dog toys to sell to help recoup the lost money. :D

Yep, it was quite a surprise when I moved back here from DC. In DC the wait times were starting to get longer, but not all that much worse than what I was used to in the past. I learned, though, that DC also has one of the highest rate of doctors per capita of any other place in the country...

I've not had recent personal experience with foreign medicine to know how well other nations have progressed in their level of care provided. When I was in Britain nearly 40 years and a friend traveling with me needed to go to a hospital, she got good care but it was very evident that the...

Correct, and that broad understanding of the law is something that most people in this country lack. They don't need it in their day to day lives. They may become well acquainted with the particular area law that relates to their profession or other activities. Some of them will know that...