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“Fighting for the underdog has always been important to me. Whether picketing in the living room as a young child for more ‘rights’ for my sister and me, or choosing the least skilled players during recess for my baseball team, I have always believed that it is important to fight hard for those who are not in a position of power.. Being a civil rights and employment attorney gives me an opportunity to do that every day – to fight for the underdog and to achieve a level of vindication for hardworking employees and whistleblowers who have suffered from intimidation, discrimination and retaliation at the hands of their employers. I consider myself extremely fortunate to be able to come to work each day and use my skills and experience to make a positive difference in someone’s life.”. -------------. Ranked by Washingtonian Magazine as one of Washington’s Top Lawyers in six consecutive listings, Lisa Banks has successfully litigated employment discrimination and whistleblower protection cases at both the trial court and appellate levels for over fifteen years. Ms. Banks is a founding partner of Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP, where she concentrates her practice on employment discrimination, sexual harassment, whistleblower and Sarbanes-Oxley law, disability law and contractual employment disputes. Prior to forming the firm, Ms. Banks was a partner at Bernabei & Katz, PLLC, where she practiced from 2000 until 2006. Ms. Banks is an experienced advocate who has consistently achieved outstanding results on behalf of her clients either in court or through negotiated settlement.. In 2006, Washingtonian Magazine selected Ms. Banks for its list of 40 Best Attorneys under 40 in Washington, D.C., calling her “Washington’s hottest young employment lawyer.” Ms. Banks was also selected for inclusion in the 2009-2013 editions of “The Best Lawyers in America,” and was named by Washington D.C. Super Lawyers as among the top five percent of attorneys in Washington, D.C. for 2009-2013. Martindale-Hubbell has rated Ms. Banks “AV Preeminent,” its highest possible peer review rating.. Ms. Banks was named by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) to its National Roster of neutrals, to hear and resolve cases brought for binding arbitration before AAA. She has served as an arbitrator and mediator in numerous employment and contractual disputes brought before the AAA. She also serves as a faculty member of the American Law Institute-American Bar Association, and has lectured on such topics as retaliation law, evidentiary issues in employment litigation and disability law. She has been a regular contributor to The National Law Journal, where she and partner Debra Katz have analyzed the U.S. Supreme Court’s labor and employment law decisions, and has provided commentary in current legal issues to the print and television media.. Ms. Banks is an active member of the American Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association, the National Employment Lawyers Association and the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, where she recently served as the organization’s vice president.. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1990, and a J.D . degree from the University of Denver College of Law in 1995, where she served as an editor on the Denver University Law Review. She clerked for the Honorable Daniel M. Taubman, Colorado Court of Appeals, from 1995-1996, and for the Honorable Gregory K. Scott, Colorado Supreme Court from 1996-1997. Ms. Banks served as an Appellate Attorney with the Office of General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1997 to 2000. In 1999, Ms. Banks served as an Attorney Advisor in the Office of the Counsel to the President at the White House.. Ms. Banks has authored numerous appellate briefs and argued cases in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and D.C. Circuits.

“Fighting against injustice and unfair business practices has been the main focus of my life for nearly forty years.. The best moments in my career have been when I could stand alongside a hard-working person or their family and fight like hell to get them their due, whether I was working with coal miners defending their livelihoods, or representing a nuclear worker who got fired for raising safety concerns, or representing a CFO or an accountant who stuck his neck out to stop fraud on taxpayers or investors. Representing deserving individuals against wealthy corporations is what energizes me more than anything else, and I get to do it every day. That’s why I love my job.”. --------------. Recognized as a top whistleblower and employment lawyer by Washingtonian Magazine and other peer-reviewed publications, David J. Marshall has successfully represented hundreds of whistleblowers and other employees, including those in the nuclear, financial, pharmaceutical and medical-device industries, as well those alleging fraud in government contracts. He is rated by Martindale-Hubbell as “AV Preeminent,” its highest possible peer review rating.. Mr. Marshall is a founding partner of Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP, where he concentrates his practice on a wide range of corporate whistleblower claims, including under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and False Claims Acts. Since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010, Mr. Marshall has also established himself as a leading lawyer representing whistleblowers in the Securities Exchange Commission’s new Whistleblower Program. He has achieved significant recent success in whistleblower cases against the Architect of the Capitol and Deutsche Bank, at TVA’s Brown’s Ferry nuclear plant in Alabama, and against the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. In addition to his work as a whistleblower lawyer, Mr. Marshall has successfully represented plaintiffs in sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination and other discrimination cases, and has extensive experience in the negotiation of complex executive employment and separation contracts.. From 1981 to 1984 Mr. Marshall practiced as a staff attorney with the Political Rights Defense Fund, where he represented trade unionists and political activists nationwide in civil liberties, free speech, defamation, and political asylum litigation. He then worked as a steelworker, garment worker, freight railroad conductor, and refinery worker for 12 years, and was a rank-and-file union activist in some of the nation’s largest industries and unions. He returned to the full-time practice of law in Washington, D.C., in 1997.. Mr. Marshall has appeared in numerous national and local media. He speaks frequently at legal conferences as an expert on whistleblower law, has written extensively on employment and whistleblower issues, and has provided comments and training to government agencies regarding pending changes to the nation’s whistleblower laws.. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Marshall serves on a number of non-profit boards and committees. He was appointed this year to serve as the whistleblower-side co-chair of the American Bar Association Labor and Employment Section’s Subcommittee on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. He is a member of the steering committee of the Shelley Davis Memorial Fund, which endows an attorney position at Farmworker Justice, the nation’s premier legal-advocacy group fighting for the rights of farmworkers. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Public Justice Foundation, an organization that uses litigation to advance consumers’ rights, workers’ rights, public health and safety, and access to the courts. He also serves on the advisory board of the Government Accountability Project, a leading whistleblower rights organization.. Mr. Marshall received his Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from Emory University, and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School, where he graduated cum laude.

Wynter takes an active and extensive role in the D.C. labor and employment law community. In 2018, the Mayor nominated, and the D.C. City Council confirmed, Wynter for a three-year term as a Commissioner on the D.C. Commission on Human Rights. The Commission is the agency within the D.C. Office of Human Rights (“OHR”) that adjudicates discrimination complaints brought under the D.C. Human Rights Act. The Commission also provides an appeals process to applicants found ineligible for employment under the Criminal Background Checks for the Protection of Children Act. Although the Commission is within OHR, the Commission acts independently of OHR in order to adjudicate cases in an impartial manner.. Wynter graduated from the University of Chicago in 2002 with an A.B. in Sociology. She went on to receive her J.D. from Wake Forest University in 2006. During her time at Wake Forest, Wynter was on the Staff of the Wake Forest Intellectual Property Law Journal. She also received the Peggy Browning Fellowship and clerked with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in 2005.

With over two decades of experience working in the federal government – including extensive experience as a senior attorney and member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) – Cheri is a vital component of Tully Rinckey PLLC’s nationally recognized federal labor and employment practice group. Additionally, as a former panel member of the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (BCMR), she bolsters the firm’s military law practice group by assisting with the removal of injustices from and the correction of errors in service military records.. As Managing Partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, Cheri oversees all federal sector legal matters handled by the firm at its D.C. location and manages the staff and resources of the office. Cheri represents federal managers, employees, and contractors who are primarily litigating Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaints and U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) appeals. She also represents employees seeking whistleblower protection, those involved in Office of Special Counsel (OSC) cases and those employees who are involved with Office of the Inspector General (OIG) investigations across the government. Due to her extensive knowledge of the SES, Cheri focuses her work on senior executives and other senior leaders across government who need representation in all of these forums. She is the firm’s Chairperson of the Federal Labor and Employment Law practice group.. Prior to joining Tully Rinckey PLLC, Cheri served as the Department of the Air Force’s deputy general counsel for fiscal, ethics and administrative law at the Pentagon. While working at the Pentagon, Cheri also was appointed as a panel member (and later panel chair) on the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records. There, she reviewed and voted on cases. In her role as deputy general counsel for fiscal, ethics and administrative law, she was also called upon by the Air Force Review Boards Agency to provide legal advice to several of the boards on legal, policy and procedural matters that arose in a variety of cases. At the MSPB, she was the chief counsel to the chairman of the board. And at the Small Business Administration (SBA), she served as an associate general counsel for general law, the chief counsel for administrative law and a trial attorney.. Cheri also has extensive private sector experience. She began her legal career working in the litigation department of a large Maryland law firm and later moved on to a Washington, D.C. law firm where she handled all facets of federal civil litigation. As a consultant, she has assisted a law firm with Whistleblower Protection Act litigation and drafted federal agency non-SES performance plans for submission to and approval by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).. Cheri received her juris doctor from Georgetown University Law Center. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, California, where she studied political science.. NOT ADMITTED TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR. DC PRACTICE LIMITED TO PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SOLELY BEFORE A SPECIAL COURT, DEPARTMENT, OR AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN MARYLAND.

With more than two decades of experience litigating a vast range of high stakes federal employment law matters, Ms. Rucker is a vital component of Tully Rinckey PLLC’s nationally recognized federal labor and employment law practice group. Prior to joining the firm, she was principal of her own labor and employment firm in Washington, D.C., and has held top positions at a number of prestigious firms throughout her extensive career. As president-elect and executive board member of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA), she routinely interfaces with dynamic issues and information pertaining to employment law, and enjoys the respect of the top federal labor and employment attorneys in the country.. As a partner at Tully Rinckey PLLC, Ms. Rucker represents federal employees who require assistance with discrimination, harassment, disability retirement, retaliation, and disciplinary and adverse action matters, among a range of others. She also represents state and private sector employees regarding a range of similar issues.

With 30 years experence as a former senior enforcement official at the SEC's Division of Enforcement in Washington, DC, in-house counsel with full-service investment banks, and in private practce, I zealously represent public companies, financial institutions, and their personnel in enforcement investigations by the SEC, FINRA, and state securities regulators, including administrative proceedings and federal court actions.  Also represent parties in securities-related arbitration and litigation matters, and provide regulatory compliance and supervisory counseling .

William Scott Goldman is the founding member of Goldman Law Group, representing creative business clients throughout the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Goldman received an LL.M. in Patent and Intellectual Property Law from George Washington University and is licensed to practice before several courts. One of the world's most prolific trademark filers, he's perennially ranked 'Top-10' at the USPTO with over 15,000 successful filings. Having written the book on Branding Law, he is also a frequent lecturer, guest speaker, media commentator and author on various legal subjects. Clients appreciate his creative legal insights and practical business solutions, reasonable rates, and quick response times.

White Collar and college student defense attorney and founding member of Wu, Grohovsky & Whipple, a Washington., D.C.-based boutique law firm.  Over 10 years of experience as a federal prosecutor in the Washington, D.C. gives me the understanding and skills necessary to take on cases involving colleges students accused of university conduct code violations and criminal charges such as drug possession, alcohol violations, assault, and sexual assault as well as university academic honor code violations such as cheating and plagiarism.. In addition to my experience as a federal prosecutor, I also served as Counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno. During that time, I also served as a liaison to the FBI, DEA, and National Institute of Justice, among others. Utilizing this background, I also represent high profile clients in white collar criminal matters.. Currently, I contribute insights and commentary on current events as a CNN Legal Analyst.

While in law school at American University Washington College of Law, I was a Staffer with the International Law Review where I wrote and edited a number of articles that were fit for publication. I was a certified student attorney in California, DC, and Maryland where I was able to appear in court and argue a number of different matters, including a matter of first impression in California. I was a member of the Criminal Justice Clinic and appeared in court alongside clients in Maryland. After graduating in May 2020, I received my license to practice law in Maryland.

Whenever someone, whether it is a family member, a colleague, or a friend, asks me if I enjoy working as an attorney, I always respond by telling them that there is no professional experience as rewarding as standing on the courthouse steps with a client after a win.  That feeling is worth every single day of hardwork that was spent in preparation leading up to trial.  This is what trial attorneys work for - the thrill and excitement of helping clients navigate the complexities of litigation.

When not practicing law, I enjoy doing anything automotive, reading books by C.S. Lewis, and rowing on the Potomac River.

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We assist companies in need of counsel or seeking to grow their businesses by providing legal and strategy advisory services in several core areas:  international trade regulatory compliance, regulatory/legislative advocacy, commercial transactions and international operations.  We counsel clients on devising and implementing strategies to achieve their business objectives and overcome the commercial, regulatory, political and cultural obstacles they face.. Don has practiced regulatory and commercial law as senior counsel to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington and as international legal advisor to Kim & Chang in Seoul, Korea.  For more than a decade, he has advised US and overseas companies on developing and executing strategies to seize new business opportunities while mitigating market and political risks.  He currently serves as Of Counsel to Washington Global Law Group and as Senior Advisor to Albright Stonebridge Group.. Don is committed to public service and has held a number of senior federal government positions.  He served as Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs in the U.S. State Department, as Counselor of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and as Director of Legislative affairs at the White House National Security Council.. Over the years, Don has published numerous articles on business, legal and public policy issues, while serving as a commentator for CNN, MSNBC, Fox Business News, SkyNews, the Voice of America, the Wall Street Journal and other leading media.  In 2013, Bloomsbury published his critically acclaimed book on U.S.-China relations titled "The China Fallacy: How the U.S. Can Benefit from China's Rise and Avoid Another Cold War.". Don is an arbitrator for the Office of Dispute Resolution of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and an Adjunct Fellow of Pacific Forum CSIS, an arm of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.  He has been admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia, New York and Illinois.  He graduated with honors from Cornell University and the University of Chicago Law School.  In his spare time, Don enjoys practicing Tae Chi, hiking the Shenandoah with his wife Sue, a professional artist, and playing with his canine BFFs, Ralphie and Sally.

Wayne Cohen has been recognized both locally and nationally by the media for his work.  He is the founder and managing partner of Cohen & Cohen, P.C. Mr. Cohen is an AV-rated lawyer, whose practice is concentrated in the areas of medical malpractice, wrongful death, automobile accidents, product liability, class actions, and other personal injury areas. In short, he has devoted his professional career to representing the rights of the injured. Mr. Cohen has appeared on numerous occasions in local and national television shows and print media. Mr. Cohen has been called one of "Washington's best lawyers", one of Washington's "top 40 lawyers under 40," one of "Washington's top trial lawyers," one of "the 50 best lawyers in Washington," and "one of the city's most feared personal injury lawyers." (Washingtonian Magazine, November 2017, November 2015, November 2013, November 2011, December 2009, July 2006, August 2004, April 2002, and June 2001, respectively).The Washington Examiner identified Mr. Cohen as a "prominent, personal injury lawyer" on January 31, 2006. He was named in The American Trial Lawyers Association's 2008 Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the District of Columbia. Mr. Cohen has been named as one of Washington DC's Super Lawyers for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019.. Mr. Cohen has been an Associate Professorial Lecturer of Law at The George Washington University Law School since 1993, where he currently teaches Trial Skills. He is also the former President of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington D.C. (TLA-DC, D.C. branch of ATLA), is a former Board of Governor of the TLA-DC, a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, former Chairman of the Litigation Section of the District of Columbia Bar Association, and the former chair of the Injury to Persons and Property Section of the D.C. Bar. Mr. Cohen also served a 2 year appointment to the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, Peer Review Committee. Perhaps it was The Wall Street Journal in a feature article on Mr. Cohen which most clearly identified him, as "brash, aggressive, and enterprising." Mr. Cohen, who is a former amateur boxer, zealously pursues his cases and has won millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for his clients.Mr. Cohen is a graduate of the University of Michigan (with distinction - 1988) and the University of Miami (cum laude - 1991).. Mr. Cohen holds the highest rating, AV, by the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating system. Mr. Cohen’s experience has been recognized locally and nationally on television shows, print media, and radio.

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Washington D.C. attorney Craig D. Miller serves as a partner at the firm Simeone & Miller, LLP. For over 17 years, he has been practicing as an attorney in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. Mr. Miller has been recognized as Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent® by his peers in the legal field. Attorney Miller serves on the Board of Governors and as co-chair of the Membership Committee of the DC Trial Lawyers Association. Get in touch with his firm today to arrange for a complimentary case evaluation.. Office:

Virginia Kling has extensive experience in litigating family law cases on behalf of parents, caregivers and children. Most recently, Ms. Kling served as Legal Director of the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project where, in addition to being responsible for the oversight of legal issues and attorney training programs, she represented clients in custody, divorce, civil protection order and child support proceedings. Ms. Kling previously had a private family law practice in which she represented adults and children in the District of Columbia and Maryland, including custody, divorce, child support, neglect, adoption and guardianship matters. Prior to practicing family law, Ms. Kling was a partner at Baach Robinson and Lewis, an associate at Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, and a judicial clerk for the Honorable James A. Belson of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Vincent “Vince” McKnight, Jr., is the Managing Partner of Sanford Heisler Sharp’s Washington, D.C., office and Co-Chair of the firm’s Whistleblower Practice. He also represents clients in employment discrimination and wrongful discharge cases.. Vince represents whistleblowers in sealed and unsealed False Claims Act/qui tam suits under investigation by the United States and other governmental stakeholders. He has achieved significant success in such cases, including the representation of whistleblowers in a series of actions alleging that office products companies (Staples, Office Depot) were illegally selling products from non-compliant countries such as China to the U.S. government in violation of the Trade Agreements Act and General Services Administration (GSA) policies. He also served as co-counsel in United States ex rel Cox v. Smith & Newpew, alleging unlawful sales of medical devices under government contracts arising from the manufacturer’s violations of the Trade Agreements Act.. Vince was co-lead counsel for a whistleblower who was the Government Contracting Director for Network Appliance (NetApp) in a matter that resulted in the then-largest GSA procurement fraud settlement in history. NetApp overcharged the government in violation of the GSA “Best Price” Clause, and ultimately settled for approximately $ has served as faculty at the ABA’s Annual National Institute on the False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement and he has participated as a panelist at conferences hosted by Taxpayers Against Fraud and the Practicing Lawyers Institute focusing on issues under the False Claims Act. In addition, he co-authored “Causes of Action by Employee for Retaliation and Reprisal Pursuant to the False Claims Act, 31 USC Section 3730 (h)” in Causes of Action 2d 217, Section 2 (West 2003). Vince is renowned for arguing and winning a case in which the DC Court of Appeals first departed from the employment-at-will doctrine—the assumption that employment is for an indefinite amount of time and may be terminated at any time—in the District of Columbia. In the Summer of 2018, Vince was on the SHS trial team that obtained a $1.25M verdict against Columbia University on behalf of Professor Enrichetta Ravina.. Vince has consistently received a rating of “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell and was selected as one of the organization’s “Best Lawyers in America” He has also been honored as a “Top Lawyer in Maryland” by the Legal Network and as “top DC Lawyer” in Super Lawyers.

Victor Long has dedicated his career to fighting for victims whose lives have been devastated by negligence, reckless misconduct, safety violations, and dangerous products. He has extensive experience handling catastrophic cases involving product liability, car and truck accidents, bus and pedestrian accidents, birth injuries, and civil rights violations

Venu G. Nair is an Associate at the law firm Tobin O'Connor & Ewing.  He is a graduate of the University of Alabama (1998), the University of Texas School of Law (2000) and the George Washington University School of Business (2008).  He is actively licensed to practice in both the District of Columbia and the State of Texas.. Prior to joining Tobin, O’Connor & Ewing, Mr. Nair represented management interests for a major metropolitan education system.  While working in the State of Texas, Mr. Nair represented numerous Fortune 500 companies in mass toxic tort and asbestos-related litigation.. Mr. Nair’s practice at the firm focuses on representing hospitals, government contractors and transportation companies in management-side labor and employment issues including but not limited to Title VII defense, workplace discrimination and harassment issues, and collective bargaining.

Trial lawyer Patrice A. Sulton is the Principal of Sulton Law Offices, PLLC, in Washington, DC. An experienced and passionate advocate, Patrice specializes in securing favorable outcomes for her clients in the areas of Criminal Defense and Civil Litigation. Patrice regularly testifies before the City Council on legislation, particularly provisions of the criminal code, and she is highly sought-after as a legal expert and commentator on social justice issues. She teaches Trial Advocacy at GW Law. SuperLawyers, the National Bar, and the Legal Times have recognized her as a Rising Star in the District of Columbia.. Patrice holds a Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and a Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School. In 2008, GW Law awarded her the Justice Thurgood Marshall Award for her commitment to civil rights, the John F. Evans Award for outstanding advocacy in her criminal defense clinic, and the pro bono award for her service to the community.. Prior to beginning her practice, Patrice worked for the NAACP, the Washington Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.  She also completed a year-long clerkship with the Honorable Sheila A. Venable, the Presiding Criminal Judge in Hudson County, New Jersey.. To learn more, please visit .

Trial attorney with offices in Washington, DC, Fairfax, Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland.. Practice 100% devoted to civil litigation.

Trial attorney Allan M. Siegel has been practicing law for over 24 years.   He has tried and settled hundreds of cases in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. He has distinguished himself in the legal community by attaining extraordinary results, on what may appear on their face to be ordinary cases. His dedication and perseverance, combined with his courtroom skills, and trial results have earned him respect among his peers.  He has been named one of Washington's "Top Lawyers" by Washingtonian Magazine every time the magazine has done the survey since 2004.   Washingtonian compiles this list by contacting local attorneys in the personal injury field and asking them who they would choose to represent them if they needed legal assistance.  He has also been included in the 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 publications of Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers.  Only 5% of attorneys in the Washington, DC area are named to this elite list.   The attorneys who received this honor are featured in The Washington Post Magazine. Mr. Siegel is also "AV" rated by the prestigious Martindale Hubble legal directory, which is the high rating a lawyer can achieve.. Mr. Siegel is a Past President of the Trial Lawyers' Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. (DC-TLA). Before serving as President, he served as President-Elect, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and spent six years on the Board of Governors of this organization. He also co-chaired the membership committee and served two years as the co-chairman of the education committee, planning, organizing, and moderating educational programs presented to other lawyers throughout the D.C. Metropolitan Area.  Mr. Siegel is an active member of The American Association for Justice, a national organization whose primary purpose is to promote and protect the civil justice system in America.  He is a member of the Leader's Forum of that organization.  He currently serves as the District of Columbia delegate to The American Association for Justice.. Mr. Siegel is a 1991 graduate of The George Washington University, where he graduated magna cum laude.  Allan obtained his J.D. from The George Washington University's National Law Center in 1994 where he graduated with honors.  He is licensed to practice in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.. Mr. Siegel was born in Baltimore, Maryland.  He lives with his wife and two children in North Potomac, Maryland.

Traci L. Buschner is a founding member of Guttman, Buschner & Brooks PLLC. A former state prosecutor, Ms. Buschner has spent over 20 years representing plaintiffs in complex litigation ranging from class actions to government contract fraud. She has been involved in multi-million dollar recoveries on behalf of workers asserting claims under numerous federal statutes and has handled some of the largest successful False Claims Act actions, bringing billions of dollars to the United States Government. Examples of Ms. Buschner’s work include representing:. Prior to joining GBB, she was an attorney with the Washington, D.C. office of one of the nation’s largest personal injury and labor firms and also practiced with an Austin, Texas firm where she represented victims of asbestos exposure.. Ms. Buschner has represented some of the nation’s largest labor unions and their members. On behalf of the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW), AFL-CIO, Ms. Buschner was actively involved in environmental litigation which led to Secretary of Energy, William Richardson, canceling a project to recycle radioactive nickel at the Oak Ridge, Tennessee K-25 Nuclear Weapons Complex. The documentation of her efforts to expose faulty government contracting at Department of Energy Nuclear weapons sites was published in The Environmental Forum, Volume 17, No. 6, November/December 2000.. Ms. Buschner has been recognized for several years, by Washingtonian Magazine, as a top Whistleblower Lawyer. Her work on the Abbott False Claims Act case at Grant & Eisenhofer was featured in The National Law Journal, “Plaintiffs’ Hot List” (2011-2012).. Ms. Buschner currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. (TLA-DC) and Miami University’s Pre-Law Alumni Board. She has also served as a faculty member (2011, 2012,2014 and 2016) for Emory University Law School’s Trial Techniques Program.. Ms. Buschner graduated from Miami University in 1990, and received her J.D. from the University of Louisville in 1995. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Kentucky; the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky; the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.. Ms. Buschner has co-authored two articles with colleague Reuben A. Guttman: “Patients Suffer from Drug Industry’s Chronic Greed,” Wall Street Journal MarketWatch (August 7, 2013) and “Taking the Next Step in Pharma Fraud,” American Constitution Society Blog (May 8, 2012).

Tom Cummins is an experienced trial lawyer. He focuses on high-stakes contract disputes, business torts, and personal injury cases. Before entering private practice, Tom clerked for two trial court judges. He attended the George Mason University School of Law, graduating magna cum laude. While in law school, he was an articles editor on the law review. Before law school, Tom was a master captain in the U.S. Merchant Marines. He is the author of several books, including Virginia Contract Defenses and Virginia Contract Law.