Washington DC Civil Rights Lawyers

Reuben Guttman is a founding member of Guttman, Buschner & Brooks PLLC (GBB). His practice involves complex litigation and class actions. He has tried and/or litigated claims involving fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, environmental derelictions, antitrust, business interference and other common law torts or statutory violations.
The International Business Times called Mr. Guttman “one of the world’s most prominent whistleblower attorneys,” and he has been recognized as a Washingtonian Top Lawyer by Washingtonian Magazine. A February 19, 2015 profile of Mr Guttman by the Boston Globe’s STAT NEWS referred to him as the “Lawyer Pharma Loves to Hate.” Citing a...

Paige is a compassionate, passionate lawyer who is driven by her committment to justice. As a former staff attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, Paige handled serious felony cases involving both adults and juveniles. Her caseload primarily consisted of serious offenses related to narcoticics, firearms, assualts, and theft. Paige served as lead counsel in a juvenile murder case and co-counsel in a double homicide case. She successfully litigated several preliminary hearings, leading to no probable cause findings and subsequent dismissals, with several cases involving videotaped evidence. Additionally, Paige addressed the horrific conditions at the DC...

Jonathan C. Puth is a founding member of Correia & Puth and an advocate for the civil rights of employees. Mr. Puth represents targets of sexual harassment, workplace discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, and employees with claims for wages, commissions, and contract rights. Mr. Puth represents transgender employees subjected to workplace discrimination and others facing discrimination and retaliation because of who they are. Mr. Puth also negotiates severance agreements and employment contracts, and severance negotiations. Mr. Puth served as counsel to the plaintiff class in Hartman v. Powell, a gender discrimination class that won the largest employment discrimination award...

The Goldsmith Law Firm, LLC, which has achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest ("AV") rating for ethical standards and legal ability, represents clients in employment matters arising in both the private and public sectors, and provides full service legal representation in matters relating to the employment relationship, including: Discrimination Sexual Harassment Contracts and Severance Agreements Fair Labor Standards Civil Service Overtime Pay Federal Employee Rights Retaliation Whistleblower Rights Reasonable Accommodation The firm's primary focus is in representing employees and former employees in the courts and before various administrative agencies. Leizer Z. Goldsmith, Principal of the firm, received his B.A. from the University of Michigan, in 1985, and his J.D. from Boston College of Law...

Bill Pittard is an experienced lawyer with a unique depth of government and litigation experience. Prior to joining KaiserDillon, Bill served as the Acting General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives. There, he advised on and litigated significant constitutional issues and worked with congressional committees conducting investigations into issues ranging from the use of performance-enhancing substances in professional sports to gun-walking on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At KaiserDillon, Bill’s practice focuses on representing people and small businesses with high-stakes problems, including clients facing government investigations and complex criminal and civil litigation. He particularly helps clients connected to...

Ayesha N. Khan has extensive civil rights and appellate experience, having formerly served as a Deputy Chief in the Appellate Section of the Civil Rights Division in the U.S. Department of Justice and as the Legal Director of a national civil rights organization. She has represented clients before the United States Supreme Court, every federal circuit, and state appellate courts throughout the country. She has also litigated extensively at the trial level in federal and state courts nationwide. Her clients have ranged from private individuals to commercial entities, local school districts to municipalities, and state governments to the United States....

Dionna Maria Lewis, Esq. is a Founding Partner of the District Legal Group, PLLC. As a Trial Attorney, she manages a docket of nationwide and local cases, in all areas of labor & employment law, contract litigation, and risk mitigation for small businesses. Dionna represents clients as first- and second-chair in trial, administrative hearings, and mediation, before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Dionna also serves as Of Counsel to the Fay Law Group, a boutique litigation firm based in Washington, DC.

Dionna has extensive experience working with boutique, mid-sized, and large firm clients. Dionna is formerly Senior Counsel at...

Neil L. Henrichsen has been a voice for working people his entire professional career. Mr. Henrichsen is an experienced AV Rated civil trial lawyer representing exclusively employees in whistleblower, discrimination, sexual harassment, and other employment and labor claims. Mr. Henrichsen also works in the civil rights law field and has successfully tried to verdict numerous cases before juries and judges in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Mr. Henrichsen has over 33 years of employment and labor law experience primarily advocating for the rights of employees, including executives of all levels, sales executives, financial advisors and finance professionals, physicians,...

Scott Bernstein represents clients in campus disciplinary matters, white-collar criminal cases, and in complex civil litigation. An experienced litigator, Scott’s ability to distill complicated factual and legal issues into clear and compelling arguments has helped his clients on campuses and in courts across the country.

In his campus disciplinary practice, Scott has defended college and graduate students facing suspension or expulsion in student misconduct proceedings. He has also represented the victims in student disciplinary cases. His deep knowledge of federal and state law related to campus judicial systems and procedures ensures that his clients’ rights are protected at...

Olekanma Ekekwe is a litigator. Olekanma Ekekwe uses her skills and training to assist the clients in resolving legal difficulties.

Laurence L. Socci is a litigation attorney licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorney Socci has experience in a wide area of the law including criminal defense, civil actions, personal injury law, landlord/tenant actions, employment discrimination, civil rights, divorce and custody matters, bankruptcy, and federal agency law. Attorney Socci graduated of Wilkes University in 1994 with a Bachelor's degree in political science, and from Howard University School of Law with a Jurist Doctorate.

I'm a civil rights plaintiffs' lawyer by lifelong passion and three decades of experience. Now of counsel to one of D.C.'s leading employment law firms, I was previously in sole practice representing individuals and organizations after litigating for the ACLU, the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division, and an elite public interest firm. I am also a longtime adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School.

The Federal Employee Legal Services Center (FELSC) was founded by Rosemary Dettling. Ms. Dettling is an experienced employment law attorney. She graduated from Notre Dame Law School in 1991. Upon graduation from law school, Ms. Dettling worked as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice from 1991 to 2000. While at DOJ, Ms. Dettling gained a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of employment discrimination laws, federal sector employment case precedent, and government personnel procedures. After leaving the Department of Justice, Ms. Dettling worked as an Employment Attorney at the U.S....

SHAUN C. SOUTHWORTH founded Southworth PC. As an employment attorney, his practice focuses on representing employees and former employees in all areas of employment law, nationwide. He carefully selects his clients and aggressively and doggedly represents them. Mr. Southworth is a graduate of the Duke University School of Law, where at graduation he received the "Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Labor and Employment Law," an award not given every year. He was also named the Neill James Blue Scholar. After Duke, Mr. Southworth was a labor and employment associate at an "AmLaw 100" law firm. As an employment...

Mr. Trombly is a civil trial attorney who focuses his practice of law on cases concerning catastrophic injury. He has been recognized by multiple organizations for his excellent representation, including his ranking as AV from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest award ranking for legal ability and ethical standards as well as "Super Lawyers" by Law and Politics magazine. The multiple cases he has won with verdicts awarding seven figures have gained him national prominence, but most of all, it has allowed him to ease the pain and suffering of his clients. This sort of success and expertise is the foundation of his...

Shiven Patel is an Associate in Tully Rinckey PLLC’s Washington, DC office, where he focuses his practice on representing federal and private sector employees. Prior to joining Tully Rinckey PLLC, Shiven worked as an Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security where he counseled and advised aggrieved agency employees on their rights when faced with discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. His duties included assisting aggrieved employees with the filing of informal and formal complaints of...

The Law Offices of Boniface K. Cobbina, PC is a Washington, DC based law practice with the primary areas of practice in Employment Law and Employee Rights,and Business Transactions, Disputes and Litigation. The practice areas are Employment Law and Employee Rights Business, Non-Profit and Government Civil Service EEOC, OHR, MSPB, DC and Federal Practice Disability Discrimination Discrimination Law: Disability, Sex, Gender, Race, Age, National Origin and Religion Discipline, Performance and Adverse Actions Employment Contract Disputes Employment Law & Counseling Equal Pay Act False Claims Act Family and Medical Leave Litigation (FMLA) Federal and DC Employee Representation Gender Discrimination National Origin Discrimination Non-Compete Litigation Pregnancy discrimination Race Discrimination Religious Discrimination Security Clearance...

Alfonso Kennard, Jr., is a nationally recognized attorney and trial lawyer. He is also the founding Shareholder of Kennard Law P.C. Alfonso is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Prior to establishing Kennard Law P.C, Alfonso spent nearly a decade in large national law firms representing employers. He started Kennard Law P.C to help employees take on their employers for various types of wrongdoing. Mr. Kennard earned his Business Degree in Marketing from the University of Notre Dame. While at Notre Dame, Alfonso served as the President of the Class of 1999....

Jason Zuckerman litigates whistleblower retaliation, qui tam, wrongful discharge, discrimination, non-compete, and other employment-related claims, and authors the Whistleblower Protection Law Blog. Recently, Zuckerman served as Senior Legal Advisor to the Special Counsel at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, the federal agency charged with protecting whistleblowers in the federal government. In addition, Zuckerman served on the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee, which makes recommendations to the Secretary of Labor to improve the fairness, efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency of OSHA's administration of whistleblower protections. Zuckerman is rated 10 out of 10 by Avvo and was recognized by Washingtonian...

Ariel E. Solomon, Esq., concentrates her practice in the areas of Federal Employment Law and Civil Litigation. She has significant experience asserting rights of employees in complex litigation matters, including but not limited to, providing aggressive representation for employees in adverse action cases before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), discrimination cases before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, federal retirement and whistleblower retaliation cases. She is internationally recognized for her work representing physician whistleblowers employed with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Ariel frequently represents clients based in Asia, the European Union, and the Middle East. ...

Asim Ghafoor is a veteran civil rights attorney with over two decades of experience in advising public policy makers and clients on legal, political, and trade issues. Asim has represented individuals, companies, and institutions in civil rights, corporate, international, and civil law. Mr. Ghafoor earned his JD from the University of Texas School of Law. Asim Ghafoor is licensed to practice in the State of Maryland and the US Courts for the Southern District of Texas, District of Columbia and District of Colorado. Mr. Ghafoor is also permitted to practice immigration law in all 50 states and commonwealths. ...

Suzanne M. Tsintolas is a practicing trial attorney with more than 22 years of experience in litigating discrimination, employment law, and defamation cases, primarily in Maryland and the District of Columbia. She began her formal education with a B.A. from the University of New Hampshire and earned her Master’s degrees from Troy University in Human Resource Management and Public Administration. Ms. Tsintolas worked for more than 15 years in corporations and local government as a human resources professional concentrating in recruitment, staffing, and employment matters. She culminated her corporate career as a senior human resources director of...

Lauren A. Khouri is an associate attorney with Correia & Puth, PLLC, dedicating her practice to the civil rights of employees in the workplace. Ms. Khouri represents clients in all aspects of the firm’s litigation practice, including sex discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, disability discrimination, and retaliation claims under Title IX, which bans sex discrimination in education. Her work also includes fighting pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment, and other types of discrimination and retaliation prohibited by state and federal civil rights statutes.

Some clients ask for “a lawyer who’s a pit bull.” Pit bulls do one thing well – but when they attack, you have to hope they’re attacking the right person, at the right time. I do a lot of different things. I’m a litigator and a negotiator. I listen. Then I tell the true stories of my clients. I pay scrupulous attention to financial details, realistically assess available options, innovate strategies and execute them. And when the circumstances really call for it, I bite someone. I've been recognized as...

Described by clients as "exceptional" and "a true lawyer's lawyer", Alan Lescht has long been recognized as one of the best employment lawyers in Washington, DC. Newsweek Magazine, Washingtonian Magazine, Super Lawyers and Top Ten Leaders Program have featured Alan as one of the top employment lawyers in Washington, DC. Alan Lescht has been successfully litigating employment discrimination, civil rights, and commercial litigation cases for more than 25 years. He is a founding partner of Alan Lescht and Associates, PC, where he oversees the firm's employment litigation and counseling practices. Lescht has written extensively on employment law and...

Michael Ellement represents workers and their unions in a variety of matters. He has experience advising clients on workplace conflicts and negotiating settlement agreements, including in cases involving unlawful discrimination, harassment, pay inequity, and whistleblower retaliation. He has litigated cases through trial and on appeal, and has briefed and argued cases in courts across the country.

Prior to joining James & Hoffman, Mr. Ellement was an Associate at Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC where he represented clients in employment and civil rights matters. Before that, he served as an attorney with the National Labor Relations Board in the Office of General Counsel....