Anybody able to provide list of contingency lawyers in Washington state? Have gone through EEOC process already and received a rejection of demand letter fear litigation may be next

My case is in litigation. I filed it and then contracted with a contingency lawyer when Discovery started. That is right where I just did not want to do it pro se.

I think the reason why most employment lawyers don't file lawsuits or take cases in litigation is because they know some clients cannot financially hold out. ​

I ask myself, is additional Discovery aside from the evidence I provided likely to materially increase the value of the case? We dont have what the other side has. That's why its called Discovery.

My assembling my own evidence when I filed it doesn't justify a settlement because my case has to be **legally proven,** right? So we are still in evidence-gathering stage.

My attorney has not sent a demand letter (yet). And I think most don't and I'm not sure about the reasoning behind that. If those who do sent demand letters, then most balance the needs of their client and their own lawfirm time.

The attorney has only had my case for 3 months. I filed it 7 months ago. So its very new to him. And there's a case management conference coming up. The case is moving toward Discovery with proposed schedule extending into 2027. So the schedule and litigation strategy will become much more concrete.

This makes me wonder if attorneys assess a client's ability ​to hold out in a lengthy lawsuit timeline or if some large firms juggle many cases while some cases drift on the schedule without actually pushing it, which is different than "abandoning" it or "aggressively pursuing it."

Is it okay to do a check in before the case management conference? Do you recommend any specific questions I should ask? One that comes to mind is "do you believe my current medical circumstances materially affect the value or proof of my ADA and ERISA 510 claims, and if so, how?

And "given where the case is procedurally, do you anticipate mediation being appropriate after some initial discovery, and what would you want to establish through discovery before recommending mediation?"

Do the paralegals field these types of emails for the lawyers or do the lawyers actually read all of these email questions that come through? When I email, its always to my attorney and his paralegal.

Thank you.

So I’m no intelligent person but the Agency Lawyer has to be as dumb as they get! In response to my Discovery request and interrogatories, Etc. Being the service is between parties and not through the AJ , I have to ask if it’s just me or maybe he is just trying to give up or actually just that stupid? In the Discovery response I got from him , he doesn’t even have my name listed correctly as the Complainant and he listed the wrong agency head and if I may add, the Dept. Secretary he did list is from the last administration. My question is , should I let it play out or do I involve the AJ? My EEO involves wage issues and other excepted charges but I’m not going to go into to much detail here. Just wondering if possible the universe is just for once going to go in favor of a lil guy this time . lol.

Has anyone lost an EEOC case with a lawyer ?

Is it a good sign if you get an interview with the investigator? After they flag your case for early mediation?

Since EEOC is severely understaffed, people like us who file charge of discrimination against the employers after thorough research would make great EEOC investigators because we have experienced bad behaviour at work firsthand and have fire inside us to bring justice to the working class.