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At Southworth PC, we are dedicated to helping federal employees with personalized, efficient legal representation to deliver results. Our team of experienced attorneys understands the particular issues, laws and regulations that affect our clients as federal employees. We provide trustworthy counsel without the stuffy persona, leveraging technology for a one-on-one experience tailored to each clie

nt's needs. By creating an affordable solution that ultimately saves time and money, we empower our clients to pursue justice with confidence. It is our mission to ensure every person facing legal challenges has access to quality representation delivered in a straightforward manner that protects their rights and achieves desired outcomes -- working together towards a better future for federal employees!

06/05/2026

6.5.26 I'm spending the day in an advanced KPI training with other firm owners — because being intentional about how we grow is a big part of how we got here. Two things have been on my mind: how to actually talk to a lawyer about your case (hint: lead with your facts, not "how do these cases usually do?"), and how grateful I am to help steer this firm toward informing the whole federal workforce, not just our clients. If this was useful, share it with a fed who's been thinking about reaching out — and tell me: what would you want to ask a lawyer if you knew you'd get a straight answer? This is general information for the federal workforce, not legal advice.

06/05/2026

6.5.26 We've been building something, and we're sharing it on a day that matters. This Juneteenth — June 19 — Lydia Taylor and I are co-hosting a new podcast for federal employees: practical legal tips, deeper dives on the cases that matter, and a new Ask Shaun & Lydia Anything segment. We'll keep posting clips here, with full episodes wherever you get your podcasts. Drop the word PODCAST below and we'll send you the subscribe link when our teaser clip drops next week. Have a question or a topic you want covered? Drop it in the comments or message us directly — your engagement tells us what feds actually need. This page is general information for the federal workforce, not legal advice.

06/04/2026

6.4.26 Federal agencies have a duty to provide safe and healthful working conditions. If you’re dealing with unsafe conditions, document everything, keep copies, and report it through the proper safety channels. And if you speak up about safety concerns and then face a reassignment, PIP, or removal, that may become the retaliation case.

06/04/2026

6.4.26 Federal employees may be asked to sign broad NDAs—but those agreements cannot legally cancel whistleblower protections, EEO rights, IG complaints, OSC reporting, or cooperation with Congress. The bigger concern is the chilling effect: when employees feel less safe speaking up, serious issues can stay hidden.

06/04/2026

6.4.26 This morning we covered yesterday's executive order placing roughly 8,000 federal positions into Schedule Policy/Career. Most federal employees are not on the list — you still have your Chapter 75 protections. This video walks through what those protections actually require an agency to do if they propose to suspend you more than 14 days, demote you, or remove you. Five things: prove the charges, prove the nexus, justify the penalty against the Douglas factors, defeat your affirmative defenses, and satisfy due process. That is a high bar. It is also why these protections are worth fighting for if you are ever facing proposed discipline. General information, not legal advice.

06/04/2026

6.4.26 Breaking. Yesterday the President signed an executive order moving roughly 8,000 federal positions into Schedule Policy/Career — the renamed Schedule F. For those positions, Chapter 75 adverse action procedures are stripped. No advance notice. No reply right. No MSPB appeal of a removal. The administration says 97 percent are at or above GS-15. We read the appendix. The list is broader than the framing — it sweeps in working-level attorneys, HR specialists, budget analysts, grants managers, scientists, EEO officers, public health analysts, and adjudication officers across nearly every cabinet department. The order is being challenged in federal court. If you may be on this list, go to fedlegalhelp.com/schedulepctips for our tips. General information, not legal advice. Please share — every fed potentially impacted needs to see this.

06/03/2026

6.3.26 The Forest Service is offering VERA early retirement and VSIP buyouts to employees right as it moves hundreds of jobs to Salt Lake City — the same USDA relocation playbook we have tracked all year. Before anyone signs, the fine print matters: VSIP is capped at $25,000 before taxes and must be repaid in full if you return to federal service within five years, and a VERA early-out drops you into the same OPM backlog that can delay your first full annuity check for months. Most relocations and voluntary incentives are perfectly legal — but the posture changes if the reorg becomes a RIF, if the push-out is retaliation, or if "voluntary" was a fiction. This is general information, not legal advice. Forest Service folks — did you get the email? Tell me in the comments.

06/03/2026

BREAKING (June 3, 2026): President Trump signed an executive order reclassifying an estimated 8,000 federal employees as at-will—meaning the government can remove them without cause and without the civil service protections that shield career staff from political pressure.

Most of those affected are at the senior career level (GS-15): policy office leaders, chiefs of staff, regional office heads, program managers, senior public affairs officers, and the people overseeing federal spending and grants.

This is the next chapter in an effort that began in Trump’s first term to peel back civil service protections across the government. The full breakdown—what the order actually says, who’s covered, and what your options are—drops tomorrow morning after I read it line by line.

Follow Hey Feds for plain-English coverage of what’s happening to the federal workforce, from an attorney who represents federal employees nationwide.

06/03/2026

6.3.26 A new Partnership for Public Service report finds federal science agencies have shed nearly 118,000 workers since late 2024 — with red states like Alaska hit hardest and 36 of 50 states now getting less in federal science grants. Layer on a proposed OMB rule that would let political appointees approve grants, and you have public research dollars steered by politics instead of results. The Partnership calls it "generational damage" and warns the talent pipeline could take years to rebuild.

06/03/2026

6.3.26 A federal IT staffer raised the alarm about DOGE inside his agency — and what came next is a hard look at where whistleblower protection ends. Federal law shields employees from agency retaliation for protected disclosures under 5 U.S.C. § 2302; it does not shield them from private actors. If you are weighing whether to come forward, document everything and use the protected channels — the Inspector General, the Office of Special Counsel, and Congress. This is general information, not legal advice. If you are facing reprisal for a protected disclosure, our firm handles federal whistleblower cases and offers free consultations — and if your story is sensitive, message us. We are paying attention.

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