Our Firm

Heller, Huron is a widely recognized boutique firm that focuses on individual representation. Founded in 1997 by highly experienced employment lawyers, the firm is a leader in setting major precedents in employment and civil rights law. Our lawyers handle a wide variety of cases and provide a broad range of services. Among the types of discrimination claims and other cases we handle are

  • sex and sexual harassment
  • national origin
  • race
  • disability
  • age
  • pregnancy
  • family and medical leave
  • sexual orientation
  • retaliation
  • family responsibility
  • equal pay
  • wage and hour
  • government personnel issues
  • Title IX
  • labor law
  • religion
  • whistleblowing

  • military service/USERRA

  • Among the services we provide are

  • trials
  • contract negotiation
  • mediation
  • arbitration
  • administrative hearings
  • severance agreements
  • appeals
  • internal investigations
  • training
  • create handbooks and policies
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    Our lawyers have many years of extensive experience with civil rights and employment matters. We are seasoned trial and appellate attorneys, skillful mediators, and experienced negotiators. Our attorneys regularly speak at professional conferences, continuing legal education seminars and trainings, as well as publishing articles on employment issues and teaching as adjunct law professors. We are active in the Washington, D.C. legal community, serving in leadership positions for various professional organizations, such as the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, the D.C. Bar, the Council for Court Excellence, the Washington Council of Lawyers and task forces for improving the courts. The firm has been honored by the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights with its Outstanding Achievement Award, and several of the firm's lawyers are recognized in America's Best Lawyers, Washingtonian Magazine and other publications.