Firms Seek to Reinstate Staff Fired by Six Federal Agencies (1)

Four law firms urged a federal appeals panel to temporarily reinstate thousands of federal workers the Trump administration dismissed at six agencies in recent weeks.

In a notice of appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board, which mediates disputes between federal agencies and their employees, Brown Goldstein Levy, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Gilbert Employment Law PC, and James & Hoffman argued that the thousands of workers they’re representing in a proposed class action were illegally fired without cause, notice, or severance.

The appeals, filed between Feb. 28 and March 4, were publicly announced Thursday.

The proposed classes include ...