Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit April 10, 1996, 397, Docket 95-7241 (George FORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BERNARD FINESON DEVELOPMENT CENTER, Defendant-Appellee)

JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

“Title VII[ ] is a remedial scheme in which laypersons, rather than lawyers, are expected to initiate the process.”

EEOC v Commercial Office Prods. Co.,

486 U.S. 107, 124, 108 S.Ct. 1666, 1676, 100 L.Ed.2d 96 (1988). Layperson George Ford initiated the process under Title VII and the ADEA, alleging illegal discrimination by his employer.