Solving Your Problems With Effective Advocacy
If you feel like you’re being harassed at work, or that you’re being treated unfairly because of your gender, trust your gut. You may not even know exactly why the harassment is taking place or what signs you should look for, but you can tell that something is wrong....
Sexual harassment is a problem for numerous reasons. It limits the access of certain individuals to high-paid and competitive professions. It also affects that individual's career development and trajectory. Someone experiencing a hostile work environment might have a...
Blowing the whistle on wrongdoings is nothing new, but it has gained popularity in recent years with multiple high-profile cases. Employees often have inside information or access to fraudulent activity that even the Federal Government may not have. For this reason,...
Attorney Kate Ferlic filed a whistleblower lawsuit against New Mexico’s Office of the Superintendent of Insurance on behalf of Shawna Maestas. Maestas, a former financial audit bureau chief of the agency, discovered and reported incorrect underpayments from insurance...
Represented by Kate Ferlic, Gail Stoecker has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Miners’ Colfax Medical Center and the board of trustees of the Miners’ Hospital of New Mexico. According to the Albuquerque Journal the lawsuit states, “both parties of violating...
Kate Ferlic filed a whistleblower lawsuit on behalf of former Albuquerque Public Schools employee Antonio Montano. During his employment as a groundskeeper he was instructed multiple times to illegally dump chemicals into a drainage ditch near The Pit, University of...
In a complaint filed by Attorney Kate Ferlic, former Wagon Mound superintendent, Sheryl McNellis-Martinez, is requesting reinstatement after being fired six months into her board approved three year contract. The complaint also states the newly elected board violated...
Santa Fe Public Schools paid former Ortiz Middle School Principal J. Steven Baca the agreed upon $86,000, but SFPS did not get permission from the Public Education Department to make the payment. Kate Ferlic, Baca’s attorney, and the attorneys representing Santa Fe...
Santa Fe attorney, Kate Ferlic, told the Albuquerque Journal Albuquerque Public Schools is taking advantage of Don Moya’s poor health. Moya, the former CFO of APS, has been on administrative leave since August 2015 when he was abruptly told not to report to work...
Albuquerque Public School former CFO Don Moya extends his medical leave due to a motorcycle accident that caused him to break both legs and be bound to a wheelchair. Moya’s attorney, Kate Ferlic, said the doctors have not cleared him to go back to work. A...