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Employee Rights and How to Report Wrongful Conduct

Employee Dispute Resolution Plan
Judicial Conduct & Disability Act

The Federal Judiciary is committed to a workplace of respect, civility, fairness, tolerance, and dignity, free of discrimination and harassment.  These values are essential to the Judiciary, which holds its Judges and Employees to the highest standards.  All Judges and Employees are expected to treat each other accordingly.

This Plan provides options for the reporting and resolution of allegations of wrongful conduct (discrimination, sexual, racial, or other discriminatory harassment, abusive conduct, and retaliation) in the workplace.  Early action is the best way to maintain a safe work environment.  All Judges, Employing Offices, and Employees have a responsibility to promote workplace civility, prevent harassment or abusive conduct, and to take appropriate action upon receipt of reliable information indicating a likelihood of wrongful conduct under this Plan.  See Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees, Canon 3(C).

This Plan applies to all Judges, current and former Employees (including all law clerks; chambers employees; paid and unpaid interns, externs, and other volunteers; federal public defender employees; and probation and pretrial services employees), and applicants for employment who have been interviewed.  The following persons cannot seek relief under this Plan:  Judges, applicants for judicial appointment, Criminal Justice Act panel attorneys and applicants, investigators and service providers, community defender employees, volunteer mediators, and any other non-Employees not specified above.  See Appendix 1 of the Plan for full definitions of Judges and Employees.

Contact Information for EDR Coordinators and Personnel:

  • EDR Coordinator for CTB:  Donna DeNicola
  • Alternate EDR Coordinator for CTB:  Andrea Perce (CTD)
  • Director of Workplace Relations for the 2nd Cir:  Alana Chill   |    alana_chill@ca2.uscourts.gov
  • National Office of Judicial Integrity (OJI): 202-502-1603   |    AO_OJI@ao.uscourts.gov