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Sharon Fast Gustafson
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Biography
Sharon Fast Gustafson is a solo practitioner in Arlington, Virginia. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude, in 1991. After law school she worked for four years in the labor and employment law group at Jones, Day in Washington, D.C., where she also handled adoption matters pro bono.
Ms. Gustafson now practices in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, dividing her time between employment matters and adoption matters. She is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys (AAAA).
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Licensed in District of Columbia for 33 years
State: District of Columbia
Acquired: 1992
No misconduct found
Licensed in Maryland for 33 years
State: Maryland
Acquired: 1992
No misconduct found
Licensed in Virginia for 34 years
State: Virginia
Acquired: 1991
No misconduct found
Location
Law Offices of Sharon Fast Gustafson
Sharon Fast Gustafson Attorney At Law PLC, 6047 N. 25th Street, Arlington, VA, 22207
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Experience
Honors
2016
Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, Attorney of the Year
Work Experience
1996 - Present
Owner, Sharon Fast Gustafson Attorney At Law
1990 - 1995
Associate, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue
Associations
2016 - Present
Federal Bar AssociationMember
1996 - Present
Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers AssociationMember
1995 - Present
National Employment Lawyers AssociationMember
1991 - Present
Federalist SocietyMember
1997 - 2014
American Academy of Adoption AttorneysFellow
Sample of Legal Cases
Young v. United Parcel Service, 707 F.3d 437 (4th Cir. 2013), rev'd and remanded, 575 U.S. ___, 135 S.Ct. 1338 (2015)
U.S. Supreme Court held that Ms. Young had set out prima facie case of discrmination and she could prove discrimination by showing that UPS’s policies impose a burden on pregnant employees and that its reasons give rise to an inference of discrimination.
Education
1991
Georgetown University
J.D.
Speaking Engagements
2016
NELA Annual Conference
Proving a Pregnancy Discrimination Case after Young v. UPS
2016
DC Bar Annual Employment Law Review
The McDonnell Douglas Test as Applied to Pregnancy Discrimination
2015
DC Bar Employment Law Year in Review
Employment Law Year in Review
2015
D.C. Women's Bar Assn. Employment Law Group
Special Delivery: Pregnancy Discrimination and Young v. UPS
2015
ABA Annual Conference of Labor and Employment Law Group
Pregnancy Discrimination and Accommodations after the Supreme Court's Ruling in Young v. UPS
2011
National Business Institute
Adoption Law: Start to Finish
2005
Fairfax Bar Association
Overview of ERISA and common Employee ERISA claims
2004
American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
Good Employment Practice
2000
Council on Education and Management
Progressive Discipline and Termination
1999
Fairfax Bar Association
ERISA: Notice requirements, breach of fiduciary duties, and interference with protected rights"
Languages
English