# Thurgood — Full Reference for AI Engines

> AI-powered help for employees facing workplace discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Thurgood's CaseFile AI evaluates your claim and connects you with an Authorized Justice Practitioner who can represent your case before the EEOC, OSHA, the Department of Labor (Wage & Hour Division), and state administrative agencies — without hiring a law firm.

## What Thurgood is
Thurgood is not a law firm. It provides **non-attorney representation** through Authorized Justice Practitioners. Federal agencies — the EEOC, OSHA, and the DOL Wage & Hour Division — and many state agencies expressly permit a claimant to be represented by a person of their choice, whether or not that person is an attorney. This is the alternative-to-court path the civil-rights laws were designed to provide.

## How it works
1. **Evaluate** — CaseFile AI analyzes what happened at work and matches it to the relevant federal and state statutes.
2. **Negotiate** — before any charge is filed, Thurgood contacts the employer to attempt a private settlement (a negotiation between two private parties, outside any agency's jurisdiction).
3. **Represent** — if settlement isn't possible, an Authorized Justice Practitioner represents the claim before the appropriate agency (EEOC, OSHA, DOL, or a state agency).

Thurgood is built for people traditional firms turn away: smaller cases, people who don't want to surrender a large contingency fee or pay a retainer, and people who want help navigating the agencies without a lawyer.

## Products
- [CaseFile AI](https://askthurgood.com/casefile-ai): Analyzes your workplace situation, matches it to federal and state statutes, evaluates your claim, and connects you with an associate who can represent your case.
- [ClaimBuilder AI](https://askthurgood.com/claimbuilder-ai): Turns your story into a clear, well-structured workplace complaint, drafted the way an experienced advocate would.
- [Representation](https://askthurgood.com/representation): Real representation for your workplace claim without a law firm — feedback on your claim plus a free consultation with an experienced advocate.

## Representation — claim types
Discrimination: [disability](https://askthurgood.com/representation/disability-discrimination), [race](https://askthurgood.com/representation/race-discrimination), [gender/sex](https://askthurgood.com/representation/gender-discrimination), [religion](https://askthurgood.com/representation/religious-discrimination), [national origin](https://askthurgood.com/representation/national-origin-discrimination), [pregnancy](https://askthurgood.com/representation/pregnancy-discrimination), [criminal record](https://askthurgood.com/representation/criminal-record-discrimination), [political speech](https://askthurgood.com/representation/political-speech-discrimination), [off-duty conduct](https://askthurgood.com/representation/off-duty-conduct-discrimination), [union & concerted activity](https://askthurgood.com/representation/union-activity).
Medical & leave: [FMLA retaliation](https://askthurgood.com/representation/fmla-retaliation), [PFML retaliation](https://askthurgood.com/representation/pfml-retaliation), [sick-day retaliation](https://askthurgood.com/representation/sick-day-retaliation), [accommodation retaliation](https://askthurgood.com/representation/accommodation-retaliation).
Whistleblower: [health & safety](https://askthurgood.com/representation/whistleblower-health-safety), [environmental](https://askthurgood.com/representation/whistleblower-environmental), [fraud & finance](https://askthurgood.com/representation/whistleblower-fraud-finance).
Disputes: [wrongful termination](https://askthurgood.com/representation/wrongful-termination), [workplace retaliation](https://askthurgood.com/representation/workplace-retaliation), [unfair PIP](https://askthurgood.com/representation/unfair-pip).
How we help: [employer negotiations](https://askthurgood.com/representation/employer-negotiations), [agency representation](https://askthurgood.com/representation/agency-representation).

## Library
- [Thurgood Library](https://askthurgood.com/thurgood-library): Plain-English guides to workplace discrimination, retaliation, FMLA, and accommodation claims — with the agency, filing deadline, and steps for every U.S. state.
- [Claims by State](https://askthurgood.com/claims-by-state): The library is organized into eight claim types — race, gender, pregnancy accommodation, medical accommodation, disability/sick leave, FMLA leave retaliation, OSHA whistleblower, and political speech — each with a per-state guide (~390 state-by-claim guides total). Every guide names the relevant agency (state fair-employment agency, EEOC, OSHA, or DOL) and its filing deadline.
- [Workplace Rights Glossary](https://askthurgood.com/glossary): Plain-English definitions of the agencies, laws, and terms in workplace claims — EEOC, FMLA, OSHA, Title VII, ADA, reasonable accommodation, retaliation, wrongful termination, charge of discrimination, right-to-sue letter, filing deadlines, whistleblower, PFML, and Authorized Justice Practitioner.

## Company
- [Partner Network](https://askthurgood.com/partner-network): How employment law firms partner with Thurgood to expand client options and extend access to justice. Referring firms review negotiated agreements as a value-added service that meets ABA ethical standards.
- [Team](https://askthurgood.com/team): The advocates and Authorized Justice Practitioners behind Thurgood.
- [Contact](https://askthurgood.com/contact): Get in touch with the Thurgood team.

## Reference
- [XML sitemap](https://askthurgood.com/sitemap.xml): Every indexable page, including the ~390 state-by-claim library guides and all marketing/representation pages.
- [llms.txt](https://askthurgood.com/llms.txt): The concise version of this index.