DIANE S. SYKES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, P.C.
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Practice Areas

  • Employment
  • Fair Housing
  • Consumer Protection
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• Employment Law Advice 

• Litigation and Pre-Litigation Services: administrative bodies, state and federal court 

• Employment Contracts/Separation Agreements 

• Federal Employee representation in proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunities 
  Commission (EEOC), Merit System Protection Board (MSPB) and Office of Special Counsel 

• Workplace Investigations

RESOURCES
​DISCRIMINATION
• Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) 
-Laws and Guidance

• Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) Civil Rights Division

• U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ) 


WAGES AND HOUR
• Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) Wage and Hour Division 

• U.S. Department of Labor 


FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
• Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC): Discrimination 

• Merit System Protection Board (MSPB): Discipline or Discharge for Performance and Misconduct: 

• Office of Special Counsel (OSC): Whistleblower Claims- including waste, fraud, mismanagement, abuse of authority and prohibited personnel practices (PPP) 

• Service member protections: Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA): 
​• Preparing and filing administrative complaints of fair housing discrimination with Oregon Bureau 
  of Labor and Industries (BOLI) and Equal Employment Opportunities Commission EEOC) 

• Litigation in administrative forums, state and federal court

RESOURCES
​• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

• Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI)

• U.S. Department of Justice: fair housing testing


• Fair Housing Council of Oregon (FHCO)


​• Community Alliance of Tenants (CAT)
• Litigate cases involving and misrepresentation and fraud in consumer transactions under the UTPA.

 • Use the UTPA as a tool to combat the unlawful practice of law, such as "notarios" and unlicensed 
   practitioners who target immigrant and other vulnerable populations.

RESOURCES
• Oregon Department of Justice: Consumer Protection and Financial Fraud 

• Oregon State Bar (OSB)

• Unlawful practice of law (UPL) complaint

​•UPL facts re: unlicensed immigration practitioners
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Diane S. Sykes is licensed to practice law by the State of Oregon. This website constitutes advertising and is provided for informational purposes only. Nothing on this website should be construed as legal advice nor is it designed to be a substitute for legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is created through use of this website.
​​  *Certified as an Emerging Small Business (ESB) and Women's Business Enterprise (WBE).
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