ZENIAN v. OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE APPEALS

No. 90-1007.

598 A.2d 1161 (1991)

Vartan ZENIAN, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE APPEALS, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Spekter, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, SCHWELB and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

The question presented is whether counsel fees may be awarded to an employee, whom the District of Columbia hired after January 1, 1980, and who has successfully contested an adverse personnel action against him before the Office of Employee Appeals (OEA) and the Superior Court. We hold that they may.

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On June 21, 1981, appellant Vartan Zenian began his employment as a financial auditor with the Office of the D.C. Auditor...

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