Washington, DC
Employment and labor Lawyer at Washington, DC
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Civil Rights, Libel & Slander
OUTCOME: Ruled partially in favor of employee, 2011 WL 4374963 (Md. Sept. 21, 2011)
Co-authored amicus brief on behalf of Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association in complex employment dispute involving music teacher at a church school. Maryland Court of Appeals ruled p ... artially in favor of the teacher.
OUTCOME: Court ruling in favor of amicus, 2011 WL 2418917 (D.D.C. June 17, 2011)
Authored amicus brief on behalf of Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association. Court agreed with us that the 2009 amendments to the D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act should be applied retr ... oactively, in plaintiff's favor.
OUTCOME: Court agreed with amicus brief, 2011 WL 2519663 (D.D.C. May 23, 2011)
Submitted amicus brief on behalf of MWELA, arguing that 2009 amendments to D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act should apply retroactively in favor of employee.
OUTCOME: Ruled in favor of amicus and employee on several key issues, 638 F.3d 303 (D.C. Cir. 2011)
Federal sector employment discrimination case. Co-authored amicus brief on behalf of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association. D.C. Circuit agreed with amicus and employee on severa ... l key issues, and remanded case to district court.
OUTCOME: Rulings partially in favor of client, 710 F. Supp. 2d 637 (N.D. Ohio 2010) and 676 F. Supp. 2d 649 (N.D. Ohio 2009)
Court agreed in part with our client's constitutional and administrative claims that the freezing of its assets and seizure of its property was unconstitutional.
OUTCOME: Court ruled in our client's favor, 137 Daily Washington Law Reporter 2673 (2009)
In employment discrimination dispute, court agreed with our client that the employer's confidentiality agreement violated public policy if it precluded employees from cooperating with government invest ... igations, so that the employer could not obtain a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order against our client.
OUTCOME: Ruling in our client's favor, 136 Daily Washington Law Reporter 1205 (2008)
Court agreed with our client, in an employment and defamation dispute, that the employer failed to satisfy the rigorous criteria for obtaining an overbroad protective order that would preclude any diss ... emination of discovery materials.
OUTCOME: Court ruling in client's favor, 518 F. Supp. 2d 50 (D.D.C. 2007)
Defamation case against publisher / executive of non-profit organization; we obtained dismissal of claims against our client
OUTCOME: Ruling in favor of our client, 224 F.R.D. 246 (D.D.C. 2004)
In employment dispute, court agreed with us that the defendant had waived the attorney-client and work product privileges as to numerous relevant topics.
OUTCOME: Drafted Amici Brief for MELA/MWELA (appeal still pending).
The Md CoSA erred in (1) imposing an overly restrictive "adverse employment action" standard under the Prince George's County Human Relations Code; (2) holding that comparators must be virtually identi ... cal in all respects; (3) requiring the employee to provide direct evidence of "knowledge of protected activity; and (4) holding that Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act preempted Taylor's discrimination and retaliation claims.
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