Experience

Rating: 8.3 (Excellent)

Honors

2006

2006 Lawyer of the Year, Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association

1997

Gene Frey Award (Outstanding Volunteer Services), Whitman Walker Clinic Legal Services Program

1985

Women to Women Award for Achievement in Human Rights, Alexandria Commission on the Status of Women

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Work Experience

1995 - Present

attorney, Law Offices of Patricia A Smith

1989 - 1994

attorney, Sanders O'Donnell & Smith

1987 - 1989

attorney, Patricia A Smith, Attorney at Law

1971 - 1988

executive assistant, Public Defender Service For The District Of Columbia

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Associations

1998 - Present

Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association

member

1997 - 2015

National Employment Lawyers Association

member

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Sample of Legal Cases

Boster v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance, 959 F. Supp.2d 9 (D.D.C. 2013)

Schmidt v. Triple Canopy, Inc., Record No. 072556 (Va. Sup. Ct. December 12, 2008)

Mullins v. AT&T Corp., 290 Fed. Appx. 642, 2008 U.S.App.Lexis 19051 (4th Cir. 2008)

Psychiatric Instit of Wash. v. D.C. Com. Human Rights, Ric Birch Intervenor, 871 A.2d 1146 (D.C. 2005)

Doe v. United States Postal Service, 354 U.S. App. D.C. 437, 317 F.3d 339 (2003)

Doe v. Medlantic Health Care Group, Inc., 814 A.2d 939 (D.C. 2003)

Corti v. Storage Technology Corporation, 304 F.3d 336 (4th Cir. 2002)

Sanders v. Intern. Soc. for Performance Improvement, 740 A.2d 34 (D.C. 1999)

Christensen v. Northrop Grumman Corporation, 1997 U.S.App.Lexis 28565 (4th Cir. 1997)

Eddy v. Colonial Life Insurance Co., 59 F.3d 201 (D.C. Cir. 1995)

Doe v. Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, 598 A.2d 507 (Md. App. 1991)

Eddy v. Colonial Life Insurance Co., 919 F.2d 747 (D.C. Cir. 1990)

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Education

1986

George Washington University

Juris Doctor

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Languages

English

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Licenses

Licensed in Illinois for 22 years

Licensed in Maryland for 25 years

Licensed in District of Columbia for 38 years

Licensed in Virginia for 42 years

Licensed in Florida for 50 years

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