Disability Discrimination Attorney

We Fight Disability Discrimination and the Inexcusable Failure to Accommodate

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in July 1990. More than a quarter-century later, there remains no excuse for employers in California—or anywhere in the United States—to discriminate based on someone’s disability.

And yet, we see a persistent influx of cases in which victims of discrimination are not hired, are not promoted, are terminated, and suffer other detrimental outcomes because of their disabilities. ARCH Legal PC does not tolerate any discrimination, but this kind of intolerance based on someone’s immutable characteristics is particularly unconscionable.

We fight for those with physical, cognitive, psychological, and other types of protected disabilities—seen and unseen, temporary and permanent. Call ARCH Legal PC today at (866) 331-1338 or email us today to schedule a consultation with an employment law attorney who will fight for justice on your behalf.

Clear-Cut Examples of Disability Discrimination in California Workplaces

Some employers wrongly believe that California’s at-will employment doctrine is a catch-all that permits them to fire anyone they want to fire. The truth is, there is no statutory protection for employers to discriminate based on someone’s disability.

The protection of both federal and state law frees you from:

• Being faced with prohibited, disability-related questions during the screening or interview process
• Not receiving a job because of a disability
• Refusing, explicitly or implicitly, to provide accommodations that would enable you to do your job (or do your job better)
• Implementing disability-related barriers that would prevent you from doing your job, which may be a means to force you to remove your name from consideration or leave a position you’ve been hired for
• Not extending you the same benefits, promotion chances, or other opportunities and perks that non-disabled employees receive
• Inappropriate behavior related to your disability
• A generally hostile environment for those who must work with a disabling condition

While this protection exists on paper, countless employees and prospective employees find that reality is starkly different. Disability-specific discrimination still happens, and happens far more often than it should. When you become the victim of such discrimination, turn to ARCH Legal PC to hold liable parties accountable and position you to avoid further discrimination going forward.

Both Federal and California Law Protect the Disabled from Discrimination

The ADA was pioneering legislation signaling that no disabled person in the United States would be limited or harmed in the workplace due to their disability. Yet, some argue that the ADA does not provide sufficient protection for the nuanced, persistent forms of discrimination that disabled individuals face.

Where the ADA ends, California’s state-level statutes pick up the slack.

While the ADA protects employees who “have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity,” California statutes use a disability definition that “exceeds” the federal definition. In other words, California’s protection against workplace discrimination is even more robust than that of the ADA.

ARCH Legal PC’s employment law attorneys are exceptionally well-versed in the ADA as well as state-level statutes that protect disabled employees, including the following:

• Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)
• California Family Rights Act (CFRA)
• Disabled Persons Act (DPA)
• Unruh Civil Rights Act

We are also familiar with basic ethics and decency, which are often relevant to cases involving discrimination against those with disabilities. Allow us to mobilize our sweeping knowledge of California employment law in favor of your case.

Why ARCH Legal PC Is Qualified to Vindicate You After Disability-Related Discrimination

Those with disabilities should be able to trust employers to act ethically and compassionately. When employers betray that trust, hire a law firm that will earn your trust and never let you down: ARCH Legal PC. We are highly qualified legal advocates because:

We Have Successfully Led Many Disability Discrimination Cases

ARCH Legal PC has recovered more than $300 million for our clients. This total includes individual recoveries of:

• Nearly $23 million in a case against a multinational telecommunications company
• $14 million in a case against a major national retailer
• $11.35 million in a case against a national pet products retail chain
• $6.5 million for employees of a major healthcare company
• $6.35 million for employees of a major bowling company

Discrimination imposes a significant cost on the disabled individual who must endure it. Let us identify the cost of the economic and non-economic harm you’ve suffered.

Your Legal Team Will Be Fit to Your Specifications

Employment law is nuanced, and your case will be nuanced too. Once we have gathered the relevant details of your case, we will assemble a team of legal professionals whose backgrounds, education, training, and experience are ideally suited to you and your case.

You Need a Fighter, and We Do Just That (We’re Always Ready for Trial)

Those who discriminate do not typically admit to it. We will need to present a compelling case proving you were the victim of discrimination, and we may need to fight in settlement negotiations and possibly at trial. We are always ready and willing to fight for our clients.

ARCH Legal PC’s reputation precedes us. Employment law is our passion, and the rights of the disabled are a critically important feature of employment law. If our laws do not effectively protect those who are most worthy of protection, everything else falls apart.

How Our Employment Law Attorneys Can Help You

Though we tailor our case strategy to each client, disability discrimination cases often call for our attorneys to:

• Prove that discrimination took place
• Document the damages the disabled individual has suffered
• Calculate a specific case value
• Negotiate a settlement
• Take the case to trial when necessary

Throughout the case, we update our clients, issue proactive and responsive advice, prevent anyone from badgering the client, and remain available to accommodate our clients every need.

Potential Damages in Your California Disability Discrimination Case

Your damages will be unique to you. So you have some idea, know that cases of disability-related discrimination can cause:

• Loss of wages
• Loss of benefits
• Diminished earning power
• Lost professional opportunities
• Reputational harm
• Psychological distress, emotional anguish, and other types of non-economic harm
• Various other economic and non-economic damages

You deserve justice, and we will fight to see justice done for you.

Call ARCH Legal PC Today to Discuss How an Employment Lawyer Will Hold Liable Parties Accountable for the Discrimination You’ve Suffered

Get a case analysis and legal advice today. Our law firm does not tolerate discrimination of any kind, and we use our considerable legal might to fight for the victims of discrimination. Let us fight for you.

Call ARCH Legal PC today at (866) 331-1338 or complete our contact form to schedule a consultation with one of our California employment law attorneys.