Besides the need for an expert witness in some eeoc discrimination claims, the administrative judge will also hear evidence from family and friends of the complainant, and use that against you.
Besides saving tens of thousands of dollars on expert witnesses, that you may not need, the value weighted to the testimony of family and friends weighs very heavily.
In this example the federal agency found a way to use the friends testimony vs. that of the family testimony against the complainant. They also used some type of medical history questionnaire against him as well.
Furthermore, some of the evidence appears contradictory. For instance, although complainant’s wife states that complainant stopped socializing, while the complainant’s friend indicated that he played racquetball with complainant “weekly” until 1995 when complainant moved from the Glendale area to Ahwatukee.
Although complainant’s wife and cousin stated that complainant was effectively a recluse, the cousin stated that until approximately October 1996 when the cousin changed work shifts, he saw complainant “almost every other weekend at family get-togethers or playing golf, bowling or swimming.” Finally, although complainant’s wife states that their sex life stopped, complainant completed a personal medical history dated June 10, 1996 in which he indicated that he had no loss of sexual activity.
In my eeoc discrimination claim, the only one to compile, interview or subpoena and take depositions was the federal investigator, who worked for the federal agency. The federal investigator was able to share responses with the federal agency, and in some cases they changed their answers. They offered no such opportunity to me, and I suspect they would not offer those chances to you either.
My advice is, DO NOT TRUST ANYONE WORKING FOR THE AGENCY you have brought civil rights claims of discrimination against. Just because they have the seemingly helpful title of civil rights department, eeoc department, it does not mean they are on your side or that they are there to help you with your discrimination claim. Its quite the opposite. They are there to help the federal agency they work for, against you.
