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The Wrongful Termination Lawyer

Your work not only helps pay the bills, it can be a source of friendships, purpose and meaning. That is why wrongful termination can be devastating. Without any fault of your own, you can find yourself cut off from friends, co-workers, not to mention a paycheck. Our team at The Spiggle Law Firm has the tools to help. We daily work with people wrongfully terminated. And we help them turn their professional lives around by using our deep knowledge of employment law. Our attorneys focus exclusively on working with employees who have been fired or are afraid that they might be. Whether it’s was termination based on whistleblowing, discrimination, retaliation, or sometimes just really bad situation, TSLF attorneys roll up their sleeves and get to work putting bad actor employers on their heels. It’s what we love to do.

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Tom Spiggle
Tom SpiggleOwner

Tom founded The Wrongful Termination Help Center to help individuals facing difficult workplace issues.

Tom Spiggle has four children and for that reason spends a great deal of time at the firm he founded in 2009. When he had fewer children and more time, Tom managed to graduate with honors from the Georgetown University Law School, clerk for a judge, work at several private law firms and serve as an Assistant United States Attorney.

Joanne Dekker
Joanne DekkerAttorney

Joanne holds a Bachelor’s degree in American History from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., from which she graduated cum laude. Joanne is the author of two books, Employee’s Guide to Discrimination and Termination and Planning for Pets: Trusts, Leash Laws and More.

Robert (Rob) Porter
Robert (Rob) PorterAttorney

A Northern Virginia native, Rob graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from The College of William & Mary. Then, he received his juris doctor degree from The University of Chicago Law School. As a lawyer, Rob is experienced in a wide variety of employment law matters. He has represented both public and private sector employees in state and federal courts and administrative proceedings.

Winthrop Hubbard
Winthrop HubbardAttorney

Winthrop graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with a double major in Political Science and International Studies. He was also on the Dean’s List and received a student leadership award. Then, he went on to get his Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a member of the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy.

The Spiggle Law Firm Can Help You

The Spiggle Law Firm represents employees who have been terminated by no fault of their own. We know how complicated it can get. Negotiating severance agreements, unknotting non-competes, dealing with references and how to file for unemployment insurance are just some of the issues a fired employee has to navigate, not to mention the complicated emotions that go along with it all. Our lawyers like taking these problems off our clients’ shoulders, allowing them to getting on with building a bigger and better life.