Beginning an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint is the only formal proceeding that must be satisfied prior to any state or federal civil litigation involving discrimination by an employee against an employer. Black's Law Dictionary defines 'Litigation' as a 'contest in a court of law for the purpose of enforcing a right or seeking a remedy' (Roth, 2005). When a dispute arises between legal entities and the parties cannot resolve the matter, the Judicial System is the branch of government that all of us have established to resolve the dispute (Roth, 2005). Normally, ...