Some employers will bury dangerous language in the small print of documents an employee is required to sign at the start of a job. An example is FedEx’s “employment agreement” requiring that any lawsuit an employee brings for a violation of the law by FedEx must be brought within six months. A suit based on race discrimination under our country’s oldest civil rights act, the [...]
The law says that it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate because of race. It is also unlawful for an employer to retaliate against an employee for engaging in protected activity. Protected activity is reporting or opposing race discrimination, or participating as a witness in a discrimination case. The history of these two laws is central to the core of who we are [...]
In February, 2022, a jury awarded 10 engineers we represented $7 million each in damages for discrimination and retaliation. The Dallas Morning News ran the story on its front page. https://www.dallasnews.com
The Sanford Firm was formed in 2014 to focus on enforcing employment laws to protect us all from corporations who disregard the law. The firm is highly selective of its cases and only proceeds after investigating and confirming that the claims are valid and we are convinced that the truth and the law is on our side. We represent people who are pursuing cases not [...]
The Coverup We live in a time when employers know that treating people differently because of race, sex, national origin, religion, age, and disability is wrong. Because employers know about discrimination laws, rarely can you prove discrimination by getting the employer to admit guilt or by finding the smoking gun email that mentions the discriminatory reason for a bad act. Instead, employers who violate the [...]
The courtroom can be a frightening place with many pitfalls. This causes many people to fear or lose confidence in the justice system. We believe that the courthouse, when operating properly, is an honorable place designed to do good things for people with just causes. A court provides a remedy to those harmed by a violation of the law. Providing this remedy is the measure [...]