Case SUMMARY

October 29, 2018
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Schiappa v. Office of the Architect of the Capitol

Case No. 11-AC-135/2012

We won a trial held before an Office of Compliance appointed Administrative Hearing Officer in a disability discrimination case brought under the Rehabilitation Act and obtained an order directing the agency to grant our client’s request for reasonable accommodations, awarding compensatory damages and awarding attorney’s fees.

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