NEWS
The following are recent developments in employment law, as well as accomplishents by and recognitions of our attorneys:
- Stephen Chertkof speaks at the National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Convention in a plenary session on defeating defendants' motions for summary judgment
- Doug Huron, who began his legal career in 1970 with the Employment Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Dept. of Justice, speaks at a conference at American University Law School celebrating the history and accomplishments of the Section
- Firm obtains $200,000 judgment against the Dept. of Justice in pregnancy discrimination case
- Firm settles administrative assistant's race discrimination and retaliation case against the State Dept. for $275,000
- Tammany Kramer joins the Board of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association and becomes co-chair of the MWELA Moot Court Committee
- Firm wins favorable ruling in Free Speech case for contractor fired for making peace video; 1st Amendment/discrimination case against BBG/VOA to proceed. See Daily Kos coverage and video here.
- The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is enacted: pay discrimination claims can accrue each time an employee receives a discriminatory paycheck
- ADA Amendments Act Passes--victory for workers
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Partners selected for America's Best Lawyers
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Firm settles federal employee retaliation case for $2.25 million
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Stephen Chertkof elected President of
MWELA
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Firm files amicus brief in Supreme Court retaliation case
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Betty Grdina serves as lead counsel in SEIU consumer class action
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$1.83 million settlement in race discrimination
class action
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Co-counsel in largest ever sex discrimination settlement ($508 million)
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Co-counsel in landmark discrimination case brought by student against GW
CASES
Our lawyers are responsible for cases setting major precedents in employment law in the District of Columbia, the Fourth Circuit and in the Supreme Court. Representative cases include the following:
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins a U.S. Supreme Court case holding that it is unlawful for an employer to use sexual stereotypes in decision-making, and resulting in the first court-ordered case requiring a woman to be admitted into a partnership under anti-discrimination law
Arthur Young & Co. v. Sutherland establishing the right to punitive damages for discrimination plaintiffs in the District of Columbia
Heiko v. Colombo Savings Bank reversing a grant of summary judgment under the Americans with Disabilities Act and establishing that kidney disease can be a disability
Russell v. Microdyne Corp. limiting employer's use of after-acquired evidence
Our firm has a strong track record of achieving significant results for our clients in both individual cases and class actions.
Newsome v. Up-to-Date Laundry -- $1.83 million settlement of race discrimination class action, in which defendant was also ordered to develop EEO policies and training to prevent racial harassment in the workplace and subjected to independent monitoring and oversight
Donnell v. Department of the Navy -- $2 million jury verdict in sex discrimination case for non-promotion
Moore v. Howard University -- $775,000 jury verdict for employee who was wrongfully fired after blowing the whistle on serious OSHA violations regarding the disposal of blood and other bio-hazardous waste
Hartman v. Voice of America -- co-counseled sex discrimination class action resulting in largest ever employment discrimination award ($508 million)
Gong v. Radio Free Asia -- race discrimination and retaliation case settled for $450,000
Mackel v. WMATA -- retaliation case resulting in $1.7 million jury verdict for Metro worker
