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Farhad Alavi is a Washington, DC-based attorney with extensive experience in international trade compliance and defense, as well as international commercial transactions.  This includes advising clients on OFAC sanctions and BIS export controls, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and US Customs matters, along with white collar criminal defense in IEEPA (sanctions) matters. Most recently, he has secured the removal of a company off the BIS Entity List and has secured the releases of large numbers of goods detained by US Customs & Border Protection (CBP).. Mr. Alavi has appeared on the BBC, Al Jazeera English & Arabic, CGTN, BBC Persian, and VOA Persian and have been quoted in the Financial Times, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, ArabianBusiness (Dubai) and other publications.  He has spoken on trade compliance issues throughout the United States and Europe, as well as the Middle East.. Internationally, Mr. Alavi has done extensive Middle East-related work (especially the GCC and specifically the UAE) and also has significant experience with other key emerging and frontier markets such as east Asia and Latin America.

Ethan S. Burger, Esq., is a Washington-based international legal consultant, attorney, and academic. He is an Adjunct Professor at Washington College of Law (American University).His areas of specialty include: Transnational Financial Crime and Corruption, Cybersecurity Law and Investigations, Corporate Governance, Russian Country Conditions (Organized Crime and Human Rights), and Legal Ethics / Professional Responsibility. He has spent one-third of his career working abroad (Australia, France, Russia, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom).  See His global outlook is reflected in his approach to problem-solving. His experience spans numerous industries: consumer goods, construction, energy, financial institutions, hotels, insurance, and technology. He has considerable experience dealing with governmental officials and conducting internal investigations. In the past, he has uncovered critical evidence and developed innovative solutions that have saved corporate clients tens of millions of dollars.He is a seasoned analyst of complex and sensitive situations involving waste, fraud, and abuse in both the private and public sectors. He is also a skilled negotiator, interviewer and trained mediator. He has negotiated the settlement of disputes with insurers and business / litigation counterparts. He has served as an expert witness on transnational financial crime, corruption, country conditions (Russian and Belarus) matters.. He is outstanding at identifying issues in clients’ contracts, practices, and procedures that need to be clarified or refined. In addition, he excels at identifying weaknesses in the opposition's position.He monitors cybersecurity and matters related to corruption, particularly as related to Russia. He identifies potential problems with regulatory compliance issues, both on a broad-scale as well as for specific clients.

Doug Jacobson has 20 years of experience representing awide range of companies on international trade-related issues. He serves as principal outside international trade counsel to a number of U.S.and non U.S.-based multinational companies that produce medical, electronic,industrial, defense, consumer and aerospace products. His experience includes:. Export Controls and Sanctions. Customs and Imports. Other Trade Matters

Dick Janis is one of Washington’s most well-known and highly regarded white collar criminal defense lawyers, as well as an experienced civil litigator. Over the course of his career, Mr. Janis has been involved in a wide range of criminal matters, representing both companies and individuals throughout the United States; he has also had a number of client matters in England, as well as in Italy, Switzerland, France, Taiwan, Australia, and Canada. Mr. Janis is currently representing two senior executives of BP with respect to investigations being conducted by the Department of Justice, as well as with respect to the multidistrict litigation, regarding the Deepwater Horizon incident. Following his graduation from Harvard Law School, Mr. Janis served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. For 32 years, he managed Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler, one of Washington’s premier white collar criminal law firms.. Among the more notable cases, Mr. Janis has represented:. Membership and Activities. Admitted to practice in Washington, D.C.; also admitted in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.. Master, Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court. Senior Counsel, the College of Master Advocates and Barristers. Vice Chair, White Collar Crime Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Member, ABA’s Presidential Task Force on the Attorney-Client Privilege. Past Chair, Hearing Committee, Washington D.C. Bar’s Board of Professional Responsibility. Past Chair, Committee on Grievances of the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia. Honors and Awards. Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Business Crime Defence Lawyers, 2013. The Best Lawyers in America, 1993-2014. Super Lawyers, 2007-2014. Publications. “Ensuring Employee Rights in Internal Investigations,” ABA Human Rights Journal, Volume 36, Number 2, Spring 2009.. “DOJ’s Latest Gambit,” The National Law Journal, September 29, 2008.. “The McNulty Memorandum: Much Ado About Nothing.” The Washington Lawyer, February 2007. “Deputizing Company Counsel as Agents of the Federal Government: How Our Adversary System of Justice is Being Destroyed,” The Washington Lawyer, March 2005. (Updated and Republished by The Cato Institute in 2008.)

David Laufman is a veteran Washington, D.C., lawyer specializing in government investigations, white-collar criminal defense, and corporate compliance counseling.  A former federal prosecutor and senior national security offiial at the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Laufman utilizes his extensive enforcement experience , as well as his experience in Congress and the U.S. intelligence community, to resolve a wide array of issues for his clients.  Mr. Laufman represents parties in federal criminal investigations and other government enforcement actions, as well in congressional investigations, Inspector General investigations, professional misconduct investigations, and sensitive national security matters.  He counsel companies and individuals regarding compliance with U.S. export control and sanctions laws, the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), government contract laws, and government ethics laws.

David has passion for the law and focuses his practice on helping people who were wrongfully terminated and/or discriminated in the workplace.. In addition to helping people with employment law matters, David enjoys dealing with transactional cases for individuals and businesses such as reviewing, editing and/or drafting contracts, including leases, NDA's, purchase and sale agreements, etc.. Finally, having been victim himself of purchasing a new vehicle that did not work in per the manufacturers warranty and specifications, David helps individual consumers get the justice they deserve when dealing with Lemon Law matters.. David's practice is accessible to individuals and businesses across the State of Missouri, his office is open on Saturday's and he offers free 20 minute virtual consultations.. In his free time, David enjoys skiing, mountain biking, hiking and spending time with his wife and two children.

David Benowitz has 22 years of experience handling criminal defense, white collar, and DUI matters in federal and local courts in Washington, DC and around the country. He began his career as a Staff Attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS), recognized as one of the top indigent defense organizations in the nation, from 1995-2001. While at PDS he represented clients in serious criminal cases, including first-degree murder, first-degree sexual abuse, armed robbery, and then founded Price Benowitz LLP with the goal of assembling a team of aggressive, committed defense attorneys who do everything in their power to help their clients achieve the best possible result in their matter.. At Price Benowitz, David has represented clients and companies in a variety of high-profile white collar and criminal matters, including the “Africa Sting” FCPA prosecution dismissed by the Department of Justice, the former President of an African nation charged with bulk cash smuggling that resulted in a small fine, and a high-ranking naval officer in a wide-ranging government corruption probe. He represents CEOs, federal government contractors, financial services executives, and employees in a variety of investigations and criminal prosecutions.. David received an LL.M. in Trial Advocacy from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law in 2006. He graduated from the George Washington Law School in 1995 near the top of his class, where he was a member of the George Washington Law Review, the Moot Court Board, and participated in the DC Law Students in Court Program. David obtained his undergraduate degree cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991.. David is a faculty member at Harvard Law School’s renowned Trial Advocacy Workshop and the National Institute of Trial Advocacy’s Building Trial Skills Program. He is the only Washington, DC criminal defense attorney to be certified as a Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and he is an Executive Committee member of The National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 Trial Lawyers. David has achieved Martindale-Hubbell’s highest AV Preeminent rating, is rated a perfect 10/10 by AVVO, and has been recognized as a “Super Lawyer” since 2013. He was Co-Chair of the Steering Committee for the Criminal Law and Individual Rights Section of the DC Bar from 2013-2014.

Dave Scher affords The Employment Law Group's clients the benefit of over fourteen years of diverse legal experience.  Mr. Scher also serves The Employment Law Group's clients by providing them with unparalleled electronic discovery expertise and a strong background in complex litigation.. A graduate of Cornell University and Fordham Law School, Mr. Scher began his career in New York and New Jersey practicing in the field of corporate commercial litigation.  He then worked as in-house counsel for several major corporations, including Sony Electronics, Pearson PLC and USWeb, where he specialized in Silicon Valley, California during the high point of the Internet boom in technology transactions, intellectual property and commercial law.  In 2003 Mr. Scher combined his legal and technical expertise to work as a legal consultant for Kroll On Track, providing electronic discovery consulting, services and support to top 200 law firms in Washington, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.. During his career, Mr. Scher has negotiated multi million dollar alliance and joint venture transactions, settled numerous cases with minimal impact to his clients, managed an eight person in-house law department, and developed the first licensing agreements for the Sony VAIO and the first hosting and application service agreements for USWeb.  Over the past two years with The Employment Law Group, Mr. Scher developed and drafted appeals in immigration matters that resulted in the invalidation of regulations potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of immigrants.  Mr. Scher has also guided the electronic discovery process in several employment cases, and in one case won an adverse jury instruction sanction that resulted in the firm's success in the case.  Mr. Scher is also engaged in several employment and whistleblower cases and has successfully defeated numerous dispositive motions.. Mr. Scher has been admitted to the bars in New Jersey, New York and California, and he is presently admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia.  In sum, Mr. Scher is known for his ability to step into any case and do what needs to be done for his clients.

Daniel Kotchen is a partner with Kotchen & Low LLP. His main practice areas include complex commercial litigation, patent licensing, counseling, and representing clients before governmental agencies.. In private practice, Mr. Kotchen has taken leadership roles in a number of complex commercial litigation matters in a wide variety of substantive areas, including antitrust, intellectual property, fraud, and class action claims. Mr. Kotchen has successfully represented defendants against claims in excess of $1 billion and plaintiffs in cases resulting in settlements of up to $220 million.. Mr. Kotchen has developed an expertise in antitrust. He served previously as a trial lawyer with the Federal Trade Commission, where he litigated merger and non-merger cases in both federal court and administratively within the FTC; led or took leadership roles in investigations of pharmaceutical companies and health care providers; and served as the FTC’s liaison to the Food and Drug Administration. He has litigated matters involving a broad spectrum of antitrust theories, including allegations concerning conspiracies, monopolization, intellectual property licensing, patent misuse, and mergers and acquisitions.. Mr. Kotchen has also developed an expertise in intellectual property litigation and licensing. He has represented patent holders in matters spanning diverse technologies, including electronic commodity exchanges, medical devices, computer chips, cargo shipping, wireless transmission of data, and radio frequency identification.. Mr. Kotchen has counseled clients in a broad array of industries, including consumer goods and retail, health care, financial services, manufacturing and distribution, airline and other forms of transportation, telecommunications, and energy. He has represented clients before the FTC, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Transportation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and state attorneys general.. Mr. Kotchen grew up in Lexington, Kentucky and Morgantown, West Virginia, enjoys politics and sports, and is married with three children.

Dan Schy is a highly-regarded family law attorney known for his dedication to his clients and zealous advocacy in the courtroom. He helps families navigate all aspects of family law, including divorce, custody, spousal and child support, and cases involving domestic violence. Dan has a proven record of success handling complex cases, including those involving high-net-worth individuals, complex property division, and contested child custody matters.. A tough, strategic negotiator, Dan encourages cooperation between parties with the goal of reaching fair, amicable settlements. When that proves impossible, however, Dan is a skilled and experienced trial attorney who has successfully litigated cases throughout the courts of Northern Virginia.. Dan grew up in Northern Virginia and graduated with Honors from the College of William & Mary. He then earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Richmond School of Law, and has focused his practice exclusively on family law for nearly twenty years. Prior to joining Tucker PLLC, Dan served as the Chair of the Family Law Practice Group for Legal Services of Northern Virginia, a non-profit law firm dedicated to offering pro bono legal assistance to the indigent, elderly and disabled. While there, he played an instrumental role in creating a program that continues to provide legal aid to hundreds of victims of domestic violence each year.. Dan is trained in Collaborative Law, and has been recognized as a top lawyer by Super Lawyers. He has also served on the Advisory Board for the Safe Havens Supervised Visitation/Exchange Program, participated in Fairfax County’s Domestic Violence Network, and provided information sessions at Artemis House, a shelter for families affected by domestic violence.

Charlie Spies is the leader of Clark Hill's national Political Law practice, as well as the Member in Charge of the Washington D.C. office. Charlie has over a decade of experience providing strategic counsel at the highest levels in Washington D.C. and nationwide. He counsels a broad range of organizations, corporations, candidates and individuals confronting challenges and opportunities at the intersection of political and issue campaigns, government ethics, law and public policy.

CASE RESULTS DEPEND UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE; CASE RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASE.. Mr. Clinton is a well-rounded attorney with experience in a broad range of legal fields.  He is an experienced litigator, an entrepreneur and has served as an in-house general counsel.. As a litigator, his approach is to prepare each case as if it will go to trial.  Ironically, being genuinely willing and able to take a case to trial often leads to more favorable settlements.  Mr. Clinton has successfully represented clients in disputes all over the United States.. As an advisor, Mr. Clinton’s experience as an entrepreneur and general counsel helps him understand his client’s needs from their perspective, while his litigation background allows him to better anticipate what could go wrong with any deal.. If you have a legal problem or need advice, contact Mr. Clinton today.

Carl M. Ward is a nationally known criminal defense lawyer. A strong dedication to exemplary criminal defense has earned Mr. Ward the respect of his peers. He is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, holds a 10.0 AVVO “Superb” rating, has been included in Super Lawyers Magazine, and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. U.S. News & World Report has also included his firm in its “Best Law Firms” ranking. Carl was the recipient of the Robert Duncan Appellate Excellence Award, the Bernard Edelman Tradition Award, and the President’s Award from the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He was named to The National Trial Lawyers “Top 100” in the area of DWI/DUI defense, St. Louis Area’s Top Attorneys in the area of DUI/DWI Defense by St. Louis Magazine, the Top 10 Criminal Defense Lawyers in Missouri by the National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys, and the Nation’s “Top One Percent” in DWI/DUI Defense by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel.. Mr. Ward has been trained in the use and maintenance of breath alcohol testing devices and owns several breath testing instruments. Carl has also completed an extensive training course on the use of gas chromatography to test blood samples for alcohol. He has been a NHTSA/IACP trained Standardized Field Sobriety Testing and DWI Detection Instructor since 2000, and has served as an instructor at dozens of police training programs for state, county and municipal law enforcement officers since that time.. Mr. Ward frequently lectures on DWI law at continuing legal education programs and seminars. He chaired or moderated the largest DWI law seminars for lawyers in Missouri for twenty (20) consecutive years. He is a member of various bars and associations, including the Missouri Bar, Franklin County Bar Association, National College for DUI Defense, Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the DUI Defense Lawyers Association. Carl is also the founder of the Missouri Society for Criminal Justice, and is a Past President of the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. In 2018, he received the National Leadership Award for DWI Defense by the National College for DUI Defense. Carl currently serves as Governor of District 13 of the Missouri Bar Association.

Brigida Benitez is a partner of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, and focuses on global dispute resolution, internal investigations, and compliance matters.  She advises clients on US and international anti-corruption laws and regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and regulations of Multilateral Development Banks.  She also represents clients in connection with corporate and related conduct in complex US and international legal settings.. Ms. Benitez is also experienced representing clients in complex commercial disputes and business controversies, including litigation and arbitration, and internal corporate investigations.  She has been cited by DC Super Lawyers for her work in civil litigation defense, and Hispanic Business magazine has named her a “Woman of the Year” and one of the “100 most influential US Hispanics.”  Additionally, Ms. Benitez was a key member of the team representing the University of Michigan in a landmark victory for diversity in higher education before the US Supreme Court.

Attorney Sheridan Leigh England graduated from New York University School of Law before beginning his legal practice in both the government and private sectors. A former Assistant United States Attorney, INTERPOL fellow, and private practitioner, Attorney Sheridan England obtains rare yet invaluable insights into how legal disputes are handled at the state, federal and international level. He represents clients facing criminal charges such as DUIs, felonies, and misdemeanors, in addition to civil rights violations, business disputes, and litigation matters. With this in mind, clients depend on Attorney Sheridan England to provide trial-tested advocacy, direct representation, and customer legal strategies tailored to their unique circumstances. Over the years, S.L. England, PLLC has handled hundreds of cases and achieved numerous favorable outcomes for clients. If you have any questions about how our lawyer can serve you, please don’t hesitate to contact the firm.

Attorney Joseph Scrofano is a tireless advocate who aggressively defends DC DUI and other criminal cases.  He is a graduate of Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College, a selective trial advocacy program for criminal defense and plaintiff lawyers from across the country.  He is a founding member of the DUI Defense Lawyers Association and has been named a Rising Star or Super Lawyer in Super Lawyers Magazine every year from 2015 to the present.. Before starting Scrofano Law, he spent two years clerking for the Honorable Natalia Combs Greene in the DC Superior Court where he worked on hundreds of complex civil and criminal cases.. Since that time, he has represented over 1000 clients in the District of Columbia courts with an overwhelming majority resulting in dismissals, not guilty verdicts, or probationary sentences.. Follow us at .

As principal of Conrad Law & Policy Counsel, Jamie Conrad provides legislative and regulatory representation to businesses, associations and coalitions in the areas of homeland security; environment, health and safety; and science policy/information quality. With 14 years of experience at the American Chemistry Council and 8 years at major national law firms, he has a broad and sophisticated perspective on how to achieve results and defend interests in the federal regulatory environment.

As a sole practitioner, I provide my clients with the benefit of over 30 years of legal experience.  As a former federal prosecutor and now as a defense attorney, I understand what the prosecutor needs to show for a conviction and what the defense needs to demonstrate for a not guilty verdict.

Armen Kharazian specializes in international criminal law, export control and compliance, and white collar defense, with a focus on FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) and money laundering offenses. He also practices business contracts and immigration law.. Prior to establishing his law practice, Armen served as a Law Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Environment (2017), where he specialized on issues related to the Atomic Energy Act, and nuclear contamination-related litigation. He also served as an Honors Law Clerk at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Regional Enforcement (2014), focusing on CERCLA/Superfund enforcement.. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, and is also admitted for practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He serves as a Member of the Board of Directors, Federal Bar Association DC Chapter since 2017. In 2019, Mr. Kharazian completed the Trial Advocacy program of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), and received a NITA Advocate designation.. Mr. Kharazian obtained his JD from UDC David A. Clarke School of Law. He has an MA in Security Studies from Georgetown University (US National Security Policy), and BA in Arab Studies (summa cum lause) from Yerevan State University in Armenia. He is fluent in Armenian and Russian, and has a working knowledge of Arabic.

Approximately half of my practice involves teaching a wide array of import and export topics on behalf of Amber Road-Global Trade Academy.  I have taught such international trade-related topics worldwide for over ten years.  The other half of my practice primarily involves customs issues, export license requirements, embargoes and lesser sanctions, and a range of legal topics impacting trade and doing business overseas and in America from CFIUS requirements to antiboycott compliance.

Amy’s approach as a white collar and federal criminal defense attorney is largely informed by her work in the federal government. Prior to her work as a white collar and federal criminal defense attorney, Amy served as a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS), where she led, coordinated, and otherwise supported a number of complex and high-profile federal cases and investigations.

Alexis J. Gilman is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Antitrust & Competition Group in Washington, DC. Alexis advises and represents clients on a broad range of civil antitrust matters, including merger reviews and clearances, government investigations, premerger Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) notifications, and antitrust litigation, with a particular focus on representing merging parties and third parties in merger investigations by the Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and state attorneys general. His experience spans a wide range of industries, including healthcare, retail, consumer goods, food and beverage, distribution, technology, casinos and gaming, biotechnology, and energy. Alexis has been recognized by Chambers USA for Antitrust – DC from 2022-23, by Who's Who Legal in the category Competition - Partners from 2019-2023, as a Recommended Lawyer by Legal 500 in the category Antitrust: Merger Control from 2020-2021, and by Best Lawyers in America 2021-2024 for Antitrust.

After working for 22 years with the Judge Advocate General's Corps, Lisa retired as an Army Colonel and joined Tully Rinckey PLLC to continue practicing military law and serving the military community. Throughout Lisa's long military career, she was privileged to serve in many capacities, including military criminal defense counsel, legal assistance attorney, government representative in courts-martial and administrative separation boards, command legal advisor, deputy staff judge advocate and faculty instructor. She has special expertise in the areas of military criminal law and government ethics.. As a defense counsel for 9th Infantry Division and 1st Corps, and senior trial counsel for 1st Cavalry Division, Lisa has personally tried over 75 courts-martial and represented the government in over 100 administrative hearings. She has personally investigated dozens of cases and conducted countless witness interviews. As a litigator, she concentrated on offenses of child sexual abuse, drug distribution and aggravated assault. She also has worked on cases involving the mental incapacity defense. With her JAG experience, Lisa is very familiar with how government attorneys will approach active and veteran service members' cases, and she can incorporate this knowledge into an aggressive criminal defense strategy.. In the four-year period before Lisa joined Tully Rinckey PLLC, she served as a training branch chief for the U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command (LC) and a faculty instructor at the U.S. Army War College. At LC, she was responsible for the training and development of over 1,700 reserve attorneys, paralegals and legal administrators. For the seven-year period prior to this training experience, she served as a deputy staff judge advocate for the 63rd Regional Readiness Command and the 9th Regional Support Command. For years, Lisa has supervised, led and trained military attorneys and advised military commanders, and she will pull from this experience when squaring off against government prosecutors in court to defend the rights of service members.. Lisa received her juris doctorate from the University of Houston Law Center. Additionally, she received a master's of strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College, a master's degree in applied clinical psychology from Penn State and a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas Arlington. Her numerous military awards include the Legion of Merit and Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak cluster. She has also written research papers on secondary traumatization in military spouses, the affects of combat, sexual assault and post-traumatic stress disorder in female veterans and the effectiveness of current interrogation methods on Islamic fundamentalists.. Lisa currently lives in Washington, D.C. and has served as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, the Hawaii International Film Festival and the LA Harbor International Film Festival. She is a member of the Texas Bar Association – Military Law Section and a lifelong member of the U. S. Army War College Alumni Association.. ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN TEXAS. NOT ADMITTED TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PRACTICE LIMITED TO PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SOLELY BEFORE A SPECIAL COURT, DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.

A Senior Partner at Ashcraft & Gerel, Lawrence J. Pascal has been representing injured workers in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and New York for more than 45 years. Mr. Pascal is widely regarded as an authority on workers’ compensation laws, having authored Virginia Workers’ Compensation, Law and Practice, a much-used reference tool for workers’ comp lawyers and law students alike. In addition to workers’ compensation law, Mr. Pascal represents plaintiffs in Ashcraft & Gerel’s mass tort practice, as well as serious personal injury cases involving third-party liability and medical malpractice.Mr. Pascal has been selected for inclusion in the prestigious Virginia Super Lawyers® and Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers® lists. He has also been recognized in Best Lawyers in America® every year from 1995 through the present. He is admitted to practice in state courts in New York, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, as well as in the U.S. Supreme Court.

A partner in Burns Charest's Washington DC office, Chris is an accomplished plaintiffs’ lawyer who has substantial experience litigating and trying high-stakes individual and class actions in the fields of antitrust, commercial and privacy law. He has obtained more than $1.5 billion in verdicts and settlements in federal courts across the country.. Chris is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, Colorado state and federal courts, Washington, DC state and federal courts, and other federal courts throughout the country.