A wrongful termination attorney is an individual specializing in employment law and other issues surrounding illegal or unethical firings of an employee or employees. Wrongful termination lawyers, along with their ex-employee clients, are afforded numerous legal protections per federal law, which prohibit employers from firing an individual on grounds based in discrimination. Potential avenues of illegal discrimination can include items such as race, ethnicity, religion, gender, disability, medical status, HIV/AIDS status, age, and other items in some jurisdictions. In addition, employees are protected from termination by their employers for reporting potentially illegal, unethical, or discriminatory practices to the EEOC, OSHA, or other government entities. However, employers are free to terminate an employee that files an erroneous or unfounded complaint with no legal complications in most cases. Essentially, if an employee is terminated due to exercising a legally protected right or attempting to retain a legal right in the workplace, this firing contains grounds for wrongful termination suits.