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Stephen Barkai Pershing

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  • Washington, DC
  • Licensed for 30 years
  • Free consultation
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About Stephen

Practice areas

Elder lawMediationCivil rights
  1. Civil rights: 50%

    Including illicit discrimination, freedom of speech and religion, constitutional rights and liberties, freedom of information and other matters of little people's rights against big people.

    30 years

  2. Mediation: 25%

    Mediated, party-centered resolution of civil disputes, both private and public.

  3. Elder law: 25%

    Guardianships, conservatorships, wills, trusts, advance directives, late-life planning and family decisions.

Languages spoken

French, German, Hebrew

Contact

1416 E St NE
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1416 E St NE
Washington, DC, 20002-5444

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License
StateStatusAcquiredUpdated
MDActive201412/30/2020
DCActive 200610/14/2017
VAAuthorized to Practice Law199009/21/2020
We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
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Work Experience
TitleCompany nameDuration
Sole practicePershing Law PLLC (civil rights, elder law, mediation), Washington, D.C.2014 - Present
Founding executive director and facultyWashington Consortium for Law Externships and Exchange (non-profit consortium of law schools), Washington, D.C.2011 - Present
Professorial Lecturer (adjunct faculty)George Washington University Law School1999 - Present
Director and facultyUCDC Law Program, Univ. of California Washington Center, Washington, D.C.2009 - 2011
Senior litigation counselCenter for Constitutional Litigation, P.C. (public interest firm), Washington, D.C.2005 - 2009
Senior trial attorneyU.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, D.C.1996 - 2005
Legal directorACLU of Virginia, Richmond, Va.1989 - 1996
Law clerkU.S. District Court, E.D. Mich. (Hon. Julian A. Cook, Jr.), Detroit, Mich.1987 - 1989
Associations
Association namePosition nameDuration
National Association of Elder Law AttorneysMember2016 - Present
National Guardianship AssociationMember2016 - Present
Fairfax Bar Association (Employment and Elder Law Sections)Member2015 - Present
Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers AssociationMember2015 - Present
District of Columbia Trial Lawyers AssociationMember2015 - Present
Association of American Law Schools (Clinical Section)Member2009 - Present
Clinical Legal Education AssociationMember2009 - Present
District of Columbia Bar (Courts Section)Chair, Access to Justice Committee, 2013-present2007 - Present
American Constitution SocietyMember2003 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember1990 - Present
American Civil Liberties UnionBoard chair, Northern Va. chapter, 1997-20131986 - Present
National Lawyers GuildMember1985 - Present
Education
School nameDegreeGraduated
University of Virginia School of LawJD - Juris Doctor1987
Harvard CollegeBA - Bachelor of Arts1979

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