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Attorney Misrepresentation

I filed a grievance against my boss, the Executive Director for a non-profit, for harassment. The Human Resources Director demanded that the Board of Directors be informed and conduct an investigation due to the fact that the Human Resources Director was a direct report to the Executive Director. Only the Chair of the Board was informed and he stated that he would hire an independent attorney to investigate the grievance because of the organizational chart reporting issues. He did hire an attorney on behalf of the Board, but I have since received proof that the attorney misrepresented herself. It was stated that she was an independent person hired conduct an investigation of the grievance to determine whether any harrasment took place. I now posses emails that document that the Chair of the Board, the Executive Director, and the attorney that conducted the investigation were in constant contact and were only gathering information to attempt to have me and the Human Resources Director fired. The attorney was trying to determine if we had enough information about what was going on in this non-profil to file a lawsuit. The investigation was totally bogus and paid for by the Executive Director. Was the lawyer unethical?


Asked on 3/09/07, 3:18 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: Attorney Misrepresentation

If your claim is for for sexual harassment actionable under federal law, forget about whether the lawyer assigned to investigate the cause of your grievance was unethical and simply file your claim with the nearest EEO office or state office designated to take such claims.

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Answered on 3/09/07, 10:18 pm


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