fired 1n 1997- need help!!!!

after working for a company for almost seven years- this employer also gave me a promotion right before firing- believe my original job being too costly to company- offered me to apply for new position. manager set me up to fail? also- i was placed in the position due to years of experience- 72,000 hours of work within comapny- not due to my "qualications" meeting job description qualifications
help!! is it too late for me to do anything? i became severly depressed ater this hard blow- am afraid i wasted to much time........

Too late

You will have to check with a local employment law attorney but I would venture to say that you slept on your rights and now have nothing to sue for. In California you have one year from the time of the termination in order to sue or else your rights are forever lost.