By KELLY HOOPER and CHELSEA CIRRUZZO
02/25/2025 10:00 AM EST
Presented by the Coalition for Medicare Choices
With help from Sophie Gardner
PATH FORWARD — D.C.-based law firms that specialize in federal employment law say they have gotten thousands of requests from fired federal workers, including those in health care agencies, for legal help to get their jobs back.
But those firms warn the process could take years — with no guarantee of success, Chelsea reports.
Context: The job losses are part of a Trump administration effort led by billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to trim federal spending. A spokesperson for DOGE did not respond to requests for comment.
Those dismissed at health agencies included probationary NIH, FDA, CDC and CMS staff, including medical device reviewers, frontline health care workers and Medicare employees.
Some termination letters, obtained by POLITICO, justified firing employees because their “performance has not been adequate.”
Since the firings, 2,600 workers have filled out interest forms from law firm James & Hoffman regarding legal action, partner Danny Rosenthal said but had no further comment. Greg Rinckey, founding partner at Tully Rinckey PLLC, which specializes in federal employment law, told Pulse the firm has also received hundreds of calls from workers seeking assistance.
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