Labor and employment attorneys provide valuable advice and counsel to their clients on everything from hiring to firing employees. Plaintiffs' attorneys also advise and counsel their clients on how to protect their rights under the federal antidiscrimination laws. Equally important, however, are the skills and best practices acquired in litigating employment discrimination cases.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's fiscal year ends on September 30 and the late summer months mark a flurry of EEOC-initiated lawsuits. Many of these cases fall within the priorities in the EEOC's Strategic Enforcement Plan. In addition, according to the EEOC's Charge Statistics, private sector employees filed 93,272 charges of discrimination with the agency in FY 2013. This was below the record number of charges filed in FY 2011, but still one of the top five busiest fiscal years in the agency's current statistical record.

Practical Law has a variety of resources available to assist both plaintiff and management attorneys in litigating employment discrimination cases. The following is a selection of key content for use in litigating employment discrimination cases.

Case assessment and preparation for employers:

Case assessment and preparation for plaintiffs' attorneys:

For use in discovery:

For use in settlement:

Find more helpful content in Practical Law's Employment Litigation: Single Plaintiff Employment Discrimination Toolkit and Preventing and Responding to an EEOC Charge Toolkit. In addition to Practical Law's Labor & Employment offerings, we offer a full spectrum of litigation materials in our Federal Litigation service.