The Public Lawyer Winter 2021

Volume 29 Issue 1

Articles

Media & Communications

Message to the Members

By Ed Monahan, Editor-In-Chief

A message from Ed Monahan, Editor-In-Chief, celebrating the first-ever theme issue, focusing on public sector employment issues.

Federal Government

Garrity and Kalkines Warnings

By Justin Dillon and Anthony F. Vergnetti

Generally, government employees owe a duty to comply with internal investigations that are purely administrative. Refusing to participate in them can have negative consequences, including termination. Before you decide what to do, it’s important to understand what protections — if any — you will have if you talk. Government agents are required in internal investigations to give certain warnings, too. Those warnings are called Garrity warnings and Kalkines warnings. And they have very different purposes.

Neutral & Public

Due Process Rights of Public Employees upon Termination

By Karen Dimond

Occasionally, employers find that some employees either cannot or will not perform the work that they were hired to do. When counseling fails, discipline in the form of a reprimand, suspension, demotion, or termination may follow. But when facing these types of actions, public employees often have rights and remedies generally not available to private sector employees.

Media & Communications

Technology, Social Media and the Public Employee

By Ted Hirt

The broad appeal and widespread use of technology like agency pages and social media platforms have created difficult challenges for agencies as well as for other employers.

Government

Government Whistleblowers: We Need Them. Why Don’t We Protect Them?

By Mary Foster and Wendy Muchman

Whistleblowers play an important role in exposing illegality, fraud and corruption, but without mechanisms in place to protect them, they are less likely to speak out. So how are they protected? The answer is that right now, more than ever, they are not.

Government

GPSLD Celebrates Government Lawyers

By Alison Hill

The Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division announced the recipients of its 2020 national awards this summer.

Attorneys of Color

Black Women Lawyers Led as Suffragists

By Katherine Mikkelson

As the ABA continues to celebrate the anniversary of the 19th Amendment and the vital importance of the right to vote, we profile two Black women lawyer suffragists who played a significant role.

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The Public Lawyer Winter 2021

Articles

Message to the Members

Garrity and Kalkines Warnings

Due Process Rights of Public Employees upon Termination

Technology, Social Media and the Public Employee

Government Whistleblowers: We Need Them. Why Don’t We Protect Them?

GPSLD Celebrates Government Lawyers

Black Women Lawyers Led as Suffragists

ABA Resources

The ABA

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The Public Lawyer Winter 2021

Articles

Message to the Members

Garrity and Kalkines Warnings

Due Process Rights of Public Employees upon Termination

Technology, Social Media and the Public Employee

Government Whistleblowers: We Need Them. Why Don’t We Protect Them?

GPSLD Celebrates Government Lawyers

Black Women Lawyers Led as Suffragists

ABA Resources

The ABA

Connect