Media

 

Alden Law Group attorneys are trusted experts and sources on issues related to employment law, and federal employment law in particular. When their schedules allow, our attorneys are willing to speak to the press regarding important legal developments and policies that affect rights and responsibilities in the workplace. Media inquiries can be directed to Lauren Laboissonniere via email at llabo@aldenlg.com.

Press releases related to our OSC Complaint:

March 5, 2025: Special Counsel Dellinger Applauds MSPB’s Immediate Reinstatement of Thousands of Probationary Employees Terminated by USDA, Urges All Agencies to Rescind Any Unlawful Terminations

March 4, 2025: Special Counsel Dellinger Statement on MSPB Order Requesting Names of Probationary Employees Terminated by USDA 

February 25, 2025: MSPB Grants Stays of Probationary Employee Terminations

February 25, 2025: Merit Systems Protection Board Stays Termination of Six Probationary Federal Workers

February 24, 2025: Special Counsel Dellinger Statement on Request that MSPB Stay Terminations of Probationary Employees

February 24, 2025: Office of Special Counsel Recommends Halting Termination of Probationary Federal Workers, Has Reason to Believe Trump Administration's Mass Firings are Unlawful

In the Media:

• ProPublica: "Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a 'Fraud' on the Courts" (March 19, 2025) - Interview with Michelle Bercovici
• NPR: "Nearly 6,000 USDA workers fired by Trump ordered back to work for now" (March 5, 2025) - Interview with Michelle Bercovici
• Up First from NPR: "Foreign Aid Terminated, Migrants At Guantánamo, Legal Challenges To Federal Firings" (February 27, 2025) - Podcast with Michelle Bercovici
• CNN: "Federal workers using special agency to challenge firings" (February 26, 2025) - TV Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• CBS News: "Deeper government cuts may include 65% reduction at EPA, Trump says" (February 26, 2025) - TV Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• PBS News: "Trump's mass resignation offer creates widespread confusion for federal workers" (February 5, 2025) - TV interview with Partner Michelle Bercovici
• Federal News Network: "Air Force keeps EEO programs, separating them from DEIA initiatives" (February 5, 2025) - Interview with Partner Michelle Bercovici
• Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee: Opening Statement for panel entitled "Rights, Resources, and Recourses for DOJ Employees Targeted by the Trump Administration” (January 31, 2025) - Presented by Partner James Eisenmann (Opening Statement) (Video)
• NPR: "Employment lawyer discusses what Trump offer to federal employees to resign would do" (January 31, 2025) - Radio interview with Partner Michelle Bercovici
• Fox5 Washington DC: "'Fork in the Road': Federal workers receive email on Trump's plan to pay for resignations" (January 29, 2025) - TV interview with Partner Michelle Bercovici
• Federal News Network: "Questions federal employees should be asking before accepting 'deferred resignation'" (January 29, 2025) - Interview with Partner Michelle Bercovici
• Federal News Network: "OPM 'deferred resignation' offer sparks flurry of legal questions" (January 29, 2025) - Quoting ALG blog post
• NPR: "'Not a buyout': Attorneys and unions urge federal workers not to resign" (January 29, 2025) - Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• Federal News Network: "Unions, lawmakers urge federal employees to be cautious, stay in their jobs" (January 29, 2025) - Quoting ALG blog post
• Bloomberg Law: "Trump's In-Office Mandate: 'Act First and Figure It Out Later'" (January 24, 2025) - Interview with Partner Michelle Bercovici
• Bloomberg Law: "Civil Servants Ready Lawsuits to Refute Trump's Vow to Fire Them" (December 23, 2024) - Interview with Partner Michelle Bercovici
• In the Courts on Fox5 DC: "Federal Workers Brace for Trump Administration" (December 21, 2024) - Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• Bloomberg Law: "Federal Workers Look to Weakened Labor Agencies for Trump Shield" (December 17, 2024) - Interview with Partner Michelle Bercovici and James Eisenmann
• The Washington Post: "Trump allies, opponents prepare to battle over plans for at-will workforce" (December 13, 2024) - Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• Bloomberg Law: "Justice Department Lawyers Seek to Lock in Union Before Trump" (November 8, 2024) - Interview with Michelle Bercovici
• Federal News Network: "Trump’s promise to revive Schedule F could become a ‘prompt’ reality" (November 8, 2024) - Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• The Intercept: "Records Reveal Extend of CIA's Mishandling of Sexual Misconduct" (May 3, 2023) - Interview with Partner Kristin Alden
• Federal News Network: "You’ve got whistleblower protection even before you apply for a federal job" (May 16, 2023) - Podcast with Associate Attorney Christine Kumar and Partner James Eisenmann
• Federal News Network: "OPM finalizes removal of several Trump-era federal workforce policies" (December 2, 2022) - Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• Bloomberg Law: "Patent Bar Braces for Federal Circuit Shift as Worker Cases Rise" (April 21, 2022) - Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• Federal News Network: "MSPB making ‘good headway’ through case backlog, acting chairwoman Harris says" (June 20, 2022) - Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• Federal News Network: "MSPB can chip away case backlog ‘almost immediately,’ having regained first quorum in 5 years" (March 3, 2022) - Podcast with Partner James Eisenmann
• Key Executive Leadership Programs: "Key FEDTalks Series: Recognizing & Addressing Ethical Issues in Decision-Making" (February 23, 2022) - Presentation by Partner James Eisenmann
• Federal News Network: "OPM looks to repeal federal workforce policies impacted by Trump executive order" (January 3, 2022) - Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• Federal News Network: "Range of penalties possible for employees who don’t comply with federal vaccine mandate, attorneys say" (September 24, 2021) - Podcast with Partner James Eisenmann
• The White House: "President Biden announces intent to appoint ALG Partner Wynter Allen to Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) Federal Service Impasses Panel" (August 23, 2021)
• Federal News Network: "New court rulings raise bar for evidence needed to fire VA employees" (August 13, 2021) - Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• Federal News Network: "Complex appointments clause challenges throw some MSPB cases in limbo" (February 18, 2021) - Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• Federal News Network: "Historic absences at MSPB hit 4-year mark, creating potentially costly backlog" (January 13, 2021) - Podcast with Partner James Eisenmann
• Lawfare: "Trump's Plan to Gut the Civil Service" (December 8, 2020) - Commentary by Partner James Eisenmann
• Bloomberg Law: "Feds in Job Limbo Look to Biden to Unlock Cases Frozen for Years" (December 3, 2020) - Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• CNN Business: "The rules of talking politics at work" (October 29, 2020) - Interview with Partner Kristin Alden
• Federal News Network: "New executive order could strip civil service protections from ‘wide swaths’ of federal workforce" (October 22, 2020) - Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• Key Executive Leadership Programs: "Key Webinar Wednesdays: Influencing Others with James Eisenmann" (June 25, 2020) - Presentation by Partner James Eisenmann
• CBS News: "Appeals board protecting federal workers unable to function because of vacant positions" (June 14, 2020) - Interview with Partner James Eisenmann
• D.C. Bar Communities Office "Brief Encounters": "Return to Work Preparedness – EEOC Guidance" (May 6, 2020) - Podcast with Partner Michelle Bercovici
• Federal News Network: "What Sayers v. DVA means and doesn’t mean" (May 5, 2020) - Commentary by Partner James Eisenmann
• AARP: "Workplace Age Discrimination Still Flourishes in America" (December 30, 2019) - Interview with Partner Kristin Alden
• Dow Jones' MarketWatch: "What Every Whistleblower Should Know" (February 19, 2020) - Interview with Partner Kristin Alden
• Bloomberg Law: "‘Buckets of Back Pay’ Could Go to Feds Once Appeal Board Is Back" (September 25, 2019) - Interview with Partner Kristin Alden
• The Washington Post: "This grievance board for federal workers has one person left — and he’s about to leave" (February 12, 2019) - Interview with Partner Kristin Alden
• CNN Business: Should you secretly tape conversations with your boss? (September 30, 2018) - Interview with Partner Kristin Alden
• Roll Call: "Predatory Behavior, The Dark Side of Capital Hill" (February 2, 2017) - Interview with Partner Kristin Alden
• The New York Times: "F.B.I. Agents Faced Arrest and Ruin After Trying to Conceive a Child" (October 28, 2017) - Interview with ALG client