Disability Discrimination: How Legal Experts Can Help Protect Your Rights

If you’ve been discriminated against at work because of your disability, you may be able to recover damages. A disability discrimination attorney can protect your rights while helping you seek maximum compensation. 

Attempting to file discrimination complaints or lawsuits without legal support can be overwhelmingly complex, especially when doing so against major companies or employers who may retaliate or try to make you settle for less than your case is worth. Below, our experienced workplace discrimination attorneys from Kent Pincin Law discuss disability discrimination and how legal professionals can help protect your rights.

What Do Disability Discrimination Lawyers Do?

Disability discrimination attorneys provide legal support for disability discrimination cases, typically involving workplace matters. Such attorneys focus on securing rights in disability discrimination cases to ensure that disabled individuals can have the same fair treatment in the workplace as everyone else. Rights protection in disability discrimination matters often cites numerous state and federal laws primarily enforced by the EEOC that legal teams must be well-versed in. 

When Might You Need a Disability Discrimination Lawyer?

You may require legal assistance for disability discrimination if you’re a disabled individual who has gone through some type of injustice, prejudice, or intolerance because of your disability. Disabilities can include many physical, mental, sensory, and chronic impairments. Discrimination also comes in numerous forms, such as wrongful termination, harassment, unjust hiring practices, hostile work environments, or denial of reasonable accommodations. 

For example, if you suffer an injury that requires you to begin using a wheelchair, you may need to re-arrange your desk setup, request parking near the front door, and ensure that the building is wheelchair accessible. If your employer denies these basic requests or begins treating you unfairly because of your new accommodations, you may need to consider protecting your rights by filing a disability discrimination claim. An attorney would be able to help you through your options, as we’ll discuss below. 

How Can Disability Discrimination Attorneys Help Your Case?

Understanding disability discrimination and how legal professionals can help protect your rights is important. Because discrimination attorneys typically only focus on this law area, they have an abundance of knowledge and experience in discrimination laws and, therefore, can help you build the strongest case possible. 

Determining the Correct Legal Strategy

When you first realize you’ve experienced discrimination, you will have a few options. You may speak with your HR team to attempt to resolve it, and if that doesn’t work, you may need to escalate. From there, you can file an EEOC complaint. 

Choosing whether you need to file a complaint with EEOC, a lawsuit against your employer, or anything else can be a hard decision. Your attorney will help you weigh your case details to determine the correct course of action based on your case, your evidence, and the potential outcomes. 

Helping You File an EEOC Complaint

If you choose to file an official complaint with the EEOC, your attorney can help you ensure that you complete all of the paperwork properly. Your legal team will also handle communication moving forward so you don’t have to stress about the situation during an already overwhelming scenario. 

Negotiating Offers on Your Behalf

Your employer or your company may send you settlement offers to attempt to resolve the matter outside of court. Without an attorney, some of these offers may seem appealing. Your legal advisor can help you understand whether or not you should accept such offers, continue negotiating, or escalate the case to court for a higher settlement. 

With legal support, you won’t have to handle any of the negotiations. Your attorney has the knowledge and understanding of your case’s strength to know what it’s worth. 

Seeking Evidence

Disability discrimination cases require evidence of numerous items. You must prove that you have a disability, that your employer knew of your disability, and that they discriminated against you directly because of your disability. 

Proving all of these items can be quite challenging, but your attorney will have the knowledge, connections, and experience to help you build the strongest case possible. For example, they may interview witnesses or help you gather old medical documents. 

Representing Your Case in Court

If your case escalates to court, your attorney can represent your financial interests and legal rights to help you seek maximum compensation. 

Seeking Maximum Compensation

At the end of the day, your disability discrimination attorney’s main goal will be to help you seek maximum compensation for your damages, which can include lost wages, punitive damages, and more. If you want to recover damages, you should work with an experienced legal team. 

Have You Experienced Disability Discrimination? Contact Our Team Today

Now that you know more about disability discrimination and how legal professionals can help protect your rights, call Kent Pincin Law today at (310) 376-0922 to speak with an experienced disability discrimination lawyer about your case.