Heller, Huron, Chertkof, Lerner, Simon & Salzman handles a wide variety of claims and provides 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
	military service

Among the services we provide are

separation agreements	contract negotiation
mediation	arbitration
administrative hearings	trials
appeals	internal investigations
training	create handbooks and policies

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. Link to Case 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. Link to Case 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. Nelson v. Priority One Services, Inc. – $360,000 jury verdict in retaliation claim for worker who was fired for reporting race discrimination.