For about the past year the staff at Jonathan Perkins Injury Lawyers have been getting more and more calls from people who claim to have been discriminated against on the job.

Founder Jonathan Perkins and his staff of 60 people, including eight attorneys in five offices, had been referring most people to other firms. It soon became evident, Perkins told the Connecticut Law Tribune Thursday, that adding an employment discrimination practice to the growing firm would be the most prudent option.