User:TSM2011

I am a 57 year old female residing in Rhode Island. I am here due to a transfer with the U.S. Attorney's Office in 2003 when I accepted a position to develop and manage their litigation support department. I was hired by Meg Curran, then U.S. Attorney, and later fired in 2008 by Robert Corrente, another former U.S. Attorney. In writing, Corrente stated that the justification for my firing was due to my medical conditions. He also stated in the same removal letter justification included AWOL. After 21 years of outstanding service to the Federal government and receipt of a $5,000 award in RI for between $60,000 and $300,000 yearly savings I was responsible for, I was denied leave when I was hospitalized for a stress-related pancreatitis attack and placed on AWOL. The third alleged justification for my firing was due to excessive absence. In September, 2007, I needed a fourth back sugery (the three prior all occurred while I was employed by DOJ with no incident)and Corrente refused to allow me to return part-time five weeks after surgery. Instead he insisted I return full-duty less than a month after a spinal surgery that required the removal of hardware (including a broken screw), replacement of hardware and a new fusion. My doctor would only clear me for full-duty after a five-month recovery period and that, an extended absence constructed by Corrente,was used against me. This "justification" comes under obvious scrutiny when one considers that while my replacement submitted an application letter soon after my departure, he did not report for duty until December, 2008. My position remained vacant for nine months - four months longer than I was fired for. My replacement also previously worked with Corrente in a private law firm in Providence, is under 40 years of age and does not have a disability.