Best Lawyers in District of Columbia, United States for Labor Law - Union
Molly Elkin represents workers in large collective and class actions to recover unpaid overtime and minimum wages. She enjoys a national practice, representing unionized workforces and other employees seeking workplace justice and fair pay. In 2002, she was the first female lawyer elected into partnership, where she has paved the way for new women partners. For the past two decades, Elkin has served as lead trial counsel in countless pay cases across the country. She has collected over $150 M...
Gregory McGillivary is the managing partner of McGillivary Steele Elkin LLP. He has over 30 years of experience litigating, arbitrating, settling, and most importantly, winning multi-million-dollar cases on behalf of unions and individual workers who have been wrongly denied pay and benefits. He has represented tens of thousands of workers in a multitude of industries in both the public and private sector through all levels of the judiciary system and in arbitration. In addition to litigation...
Subha Bollini is a Partner at Correia & Puth. Ms. Bollini has represented employees across the U.S. in employment discrimination and retaliation claims under local, state and federal statutes. She has represented employees in claims against employers of varying sizes, from small businesses to local, state, and federal agencies, to Fortune 50 corporations, including claims of discrimination based on age , race , and sex , and whistleblower reprisal. Employee Rights Litigation in the Greate...
Alexis Ronickher jointly serves as the Managing Partner of the firm’s California office and divides her time between San Francisco and Washington, D.C. She represents clients in complex, often high-profile, employment and whistleblower matters, including whistleblower, sexual harassment, and civil rights discrimination and retaliation matters. As part of her whistleblower practice, she represents clients pursuing qui tam claims under the False Claims Act and whistleblower tips through t...
Jason Zuckerman litigates whistleblower retaliation , qui tam , wrongful discharge, discrimination, non-compete, and other employment-related claims, and authors the Whistleblower Protection Law Blog . His broad experience includes practicing employment law at a national law firm, serving as a Principal at The Employment Law Group, and serving 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...
Jonathan C. Puth is a founding member of Correia & Puth and is an advocate for the civil rights of employees in the Washington, DC area and nationally. Mr. Puth has successfully represented clients subjected to sexual harassment, workplace discrimination, and whistleblower retaliation, and employees seeking unpaid wages and commissions. Mr. Puth also represents executives, and negotiates employment contracts and severance agreements. Employee Rights Lawyer Serving the Greater Washington D...
Michael L. Vogelsang, Jr., is a principal at The Employment Law Group ® law firm, where he frequently handles cases that involve whistleblower retaliation, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, and other workplace claims. Since joining the firm in 2007, Mr. Vogelsang has gained extensive experience representing federal employees. He specializes in navigating the administrative labyrinth of cases across dozens of departments and agencies, such as: the Department of Defense, the ...
Michael Filoromo joined Katz Banks Kumin in May 2008 and co-founded the firm’s Philadelphia office in 2015 after being elevated to partner. He has litigated whistleblower cases in federal and state courts and the U.S. Department of Labor. He regularly represents clients in claims brought under the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate whistleblower protections, the False Claims Act anti-retaliation provisions, and the anti-discrimination and retaliation protections of Title VII of the Civil Rights A...
Neil L. Henrichsen is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Civil Rights Law, Employment Law - Individuals and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Neil L., who practices law in Washington, District of Columbia, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Neil L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Adam Carter is a seasoned courtroom attorney who has won numerous cases at trial and on appeal. For most of his career he has focused his practice on the representation of employees and whistleblowers. Mr. Carter represents clients who bring claims against their employers involving fraud, wrongful termination, retaliation, and discrimination of all sorts. A skilled negotiator, he frequently helps high-ranking executives to reach agreement with their companies at crucial career moments such as...
Ariel E. Solomon is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Individuals and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Ariel E., who practices law in Washington, District of Columbia, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ariel E. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Linda M. Correia is a civil rights attorney who has represented employees in employment discrimination, retaliation, and whistleblower cases for 32 years. A founding member of Correia & Puth, PLLC, Ms. Correia has focused her practice on cases involving sex discrimination, sexual harassment, race discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, disability discrimination, and retaliation, and Title IX, under state and federal civil rights laws. She also counsels employees on executive compensatio...
Andrew M. Adelman is a Senior Associate with Correia & Puth, PLLC and represents employees in all aspects of the firm’s employment litigation practice, including sex discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, and disability discrimination. Mr. Adelman’s practice is exclusively dedicated to advocating for the rights of employees, and he regularly represents employees in discrimination, retaliation, and whistleblower cases in federal and state court. Areas of Focus Mr. Adelman h...
Colleen Coveney, a Partner at Katz Banks Kumin, joined the firm in 2012. Ms. Coveney represents clients in a range of civil rights and discrimination matters under federal and state anti-discrimination statutes including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and corresponding state laws. Ms. Coveney also represents whistleblowers in unlawful retaliation cases, as well as individuals submitting tips to...
Kate Mueting is a Partner in the Washington, DC office of Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP, a national law firm with offices in the District of Columbia, New York, California, Tennessee, and Maryland, and a Co-Chair of the firm’s Title VII Practice. She received her J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law and her B.J. from the University of Nebraska. Kate represents employees in a broad range of employment claims, including discrimination on the basis of gender, pregnancy, race, and s...
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