Litigating employment discrimination cases may be the only option for some individuals.

When all other routes have yielded poor results, litigating employment discrimination cases may be the solution you’re looking for.

If you’ve suffered discrimination in the workplace, you may have protections under federal law. Civil Rights Act of 1964: Title VII makes employment discrimination based on certain protected classes unlawful. These classes include: race, color, sex, religion, and national origin. Other protected classes include: age, pregnancy, genetic information, and disability.

When applicants and employees have suffered discrimination and their complaints have fell on deaf ears, it may be time to file a charge with the EEOC, who will investigate each cases individually and decide if they will pursue a lawsuit.

Litigation offers individuals many options that may not otherwise be available to them.

Litigation means taking the other party to court and holding them legally responsible. Just by pursuing this legal option, the other party may be more willing to mediate a resolution.

The benefits of attorneys and litigators include their abilities to prepare pleadings, discoveries, motions, depositions, experts, summary judgments, research on relevant discrimination cases and laws, and settlements or negotiations.

When filing formal complaints with your company’s human resources department don’t help, you may need to push further and file a formal charge with the EEOC which may lead to needing an experienced attorney who can advocate on your behalf. Litigating employment discrimination cases seem like a long and scary process, but if you’ve been unjustly fired, passed over for promotions, discriminated against, or suffered from other unfair employment decisions, it may be critical that you pursue your case.