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Jonathan C. Puth

Correia & Puth, PLLC
  • Recognized Since:
    2014
  • Recognized in:
    Civil Rights Law
    Employment Law - Individuals...
  • Law School:
    Georgetown University
  • Lawyer Page:
    https://www.correiaputh.com/jo...
  • Website:
    https://www.correiaputh.com
  • Location:
    1400 Sixteenth Street, NW, Suite 450
    Washington, DC 20036

Jonathan C. Puth is a founding member of Correia & Puth and a well-known advocate for employees. Mr. Puth represents clients with claims of sexual harassment, workplace discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, and claims for wages, commissions, and contract rights. Mr. Puth is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts of the District of Columbia and Maryland, and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Puth litigates claims of harassment, retaliation, discrimination and wage theft in area courts.  He advises employees regarding their legal rights, including potential legal claims and in severance negotiations. Mr. Puth also counsels employees who are facing unfair treatment or other difficulties in the workplace. Mr. Puth served as counsel to the plaintiff class in Hartman v. Powell, a gender discrimination class action that garnered the largest award in the history of the Civil Rights Act, and was awarded the 2000 Trial Lawyer of the Year award by Trial Lawyers for Public Justice for his work on that landmark case. Mr. Puth is recognized by Washingtonion Magazine as a top employee advocate, has for years been selected for years for inclusion by Super Lawyers and by Best Lawyers for his work representing employees in the Washington, DC region, and is rated by Martindale-Hubbell as “AV Preeminent,” the highest attorney peer review rating. 

Mr. Puth focuses his practice on representing targets of sex harassment and retaliation.  He represents transgender clients encountering discrimination in the workplace and in public accommodations.  Mr. Puth has continually devoted his practice to the representation of employees, not employers, in claims of sex harassment, whistleblower retaliation, discrimination, wage and commission theft, severance negotiations, contract disputes, and employee counseling.

Mr. Puth is Past President of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA), a voluntary bar association of attorneys dedicated to the representation of employees and to the advancement of employee rights. He has served on MWELA's board since 1998 and is a long-standing and active member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA). Mr. Puth has worked continually to advance the interests of the plaintiffs' employment law bar, including by leading and directing continuing education programs, by writing and filing amicus curiae briefs with area courts and the United States Supreme Court, and by working to increase dialogue among employment law practitioners in the region. Mr. Puth received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1992. Prior to law school, Mr. Puth received his B.A. from the University of Colorado in 1981, and was then employed as an advocate for civil rights and the environment with non-profit organizations and for United States Congressman John Conyers, Jr.

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Jonathan C. Puth is a founding member of Correia & Puth and a well-known advocate for employees. Mr. Puth represents clients with claims of sexual harassment, workplace discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, and claims for wages, commissions, and contract rights. Mr. Puth is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts of the District of Columbia and Maryland, and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Puth litigates claims of harassment, retaliation, discrimination and wage theft in area courts.  He advises employees regarding their legal rights, including potential legal claims and in severance negotiations. Mr. Puth also counsels employees who are facing unfair treatment or other difficulties in the workplace. Mr. Puth served as counsel to the plaintiff class in Hartman v. Powell, a gender discrimination class action that garnered the largest award in the history of the Civil Rights Act, and was awarded the 2000 Trial Lawyer of the Year award by Trial Lawyers for Public Justice for his work on that landmark case. Mr. Puth is recognized by Washingtonion Magazine as a top employee advocate, has for years been selected for years for inclusion by Super Lawyers and by Best Lawyers for his work representing employees in the Washington, DC region, and is rated by Martindale-Hubbell as “AV Preeminent,” the highest attorney peer review rating. 

Mr. Puth focuses his practice on representing targets of sex harassment and retaliation.  He represents transgender clients encountering discrimination in the workplace and in public accommodations.  Mr. Puth has continually devoted his practice to the representation of employees, not employers, in claims of sex harassment, whistleblower retaliation, discrimination, wage and commission theft, severance negotiations, contract disputes, and employee counseling.

Mr. Puth is Past President of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA), a voluntary bar association of attorneys dedicated to the representation of employees and to the advancement of employee rights. He has served on MWELA's board since 1998 and is a long-standing and active member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA). Mr. Puth has worked continually to advance the interests of the plaintiffs' employment law bar, including by leading and directing continuing education programs, by writing and filing amicus curiae briefs with area courts and the United States Supreme Court, and by working to increase dialogue among employment law practitioners in the region. Mr. Puth received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1992. Prior to law school, Mr. Puth received his B.A. from the University of Colorado in 1981, and was then employed as an advocate for civil rights and the environment with non-profit organizations and for United States Congressman John Conyers, Jr.

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  • Georgetown University , JD, graduated 1992

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Civil Rights Law
  • Employment Law - Individuals
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
 

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Correia & Puth, PLLC
https://www.correiaputh.com
 
1400 Sixteenth Street, NW, Suite 450
Washington, DC 20036
202-602-6500

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