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As a Senior Associate at the Federal Practice Group, Sarah concentrates her practice in federal employment and labor law, including claims of age, gender, race, disability, national origin, and color discrimination, failure to accommodate, hostile work environment harassment and sexual harassment, and retaliation.. Prior to joining the Federal Practice Group, Sarah served as an associate and a law clerk for two federal employment law firms in Washington, D.C. There she represented federal managers, employees, and contractors litigating Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaints and U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) appeals, facing adverse and/or disciplinary actions, and during all stages of the security clearance process. Additionally, she has valuable experience in representing clients during alternative dispute resolution, mediation, and settlement conferences.. Sarah received her juris doctorate from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. While pursuing her law degree, she represented local residents as a D.C.-certified student-attorney before the D.C. Superior Court in family law matters. Sarah was also a member and editor of the Health Law and Policy Journal during her law school career.. Sarah holds a bachelor of science in Economics from Drexel University where she graduated magna cum laude. She is barred in both Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., and she is an active member in the American Bar Association.

As a partner at Simeone & Miller, LLP, Washington, D.C. attorney Thomas J. Simeone provides legal representation to injury victims. He is licensed to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia, and has over 20 years of legal experience. Attorney Simeone is a graduate of Syracuse University and the Columbia University School of Law. He is a Justice Fellow at the American Academy of Medical Experts and a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Contact his firm today and get a no-charge consultation.   Office:

As a military spouse, I am passionate about helping service members and experienced in a wide array of administrative law issues challenging the action of various agencies at the agency level and in federal court, including courts of appeal.  Working for a cloud-based law firm, I enjoy the flexibility of taking on a limited number of cases, which allows me to fully devote adequate attention to each client, while keeping my rates reasonable.. Despite the D.C. office address, I live in Southern California near Camp Pendleton.  When not working on legal issues, I also teach SUP Yoga and am kept busy with my full time job of being a Mom to two rambunctious little boys!

As a bilingual attorney, fluent in English and Spanish, Isabel brings a unique skillset to the federal labor and employment practice group at the Federal Practice Group, where she is an Associate. At the firm, she represents federal employees with discrimination and retaliation claims as well as appeals to wrongful personnel actions.. Prior to joining the Federal Practice Group, Isabel worked for two other Washington, D.C. law firms, first as a law clerk and later as an associate. There she worked on cases related to the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the D.C. Human Rights Act, the D.C. Wage Payment and Collection Law, and the D.C. Minimum Wage Act.. Before obtaining her juris doctorate at New York Law School, Isabel interned at the National Center for Refugee & Immigrant Children in Arlington, Va., where she helped Spanish-speaking immigrant children with a variety of legal matters. She also served as a judicial intern for a New York State Supreme Court judge in New York and as a summer intern for another Washington, D.C. law firm, where she worked on immigration, criminal, tort, and corporate law cases. While attending law school, she assisted unemployed workers seeking unemployment benefits by serving as a student representative for the Unemployment Action Center in New York.

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.

Anita Mazumdar Chambers is a principal at The Employment Law Group® law firm, where she primarily focuses on matters of discrimination and retaliation. She has extensive experience in conducting corporate investigations to identify and resolve issues before needing to resort to legal action. Ms. Chambers also works in whistleblower protection, severance negotiations, and employee counseling.. Since starting with TELG in 2012, Ms. Chambers has worked with clients in industries ranging from law enforcement and other government agencies to healthcare and pharmaceutical services. She recently won $2.4 million in damages for a client who was fired after raising concerns about alleged discrimination and illegal marketing tactics at a major pharmaceuticals company.. Ms. Chambers has served as lead litigator in jurisdictions across the country, developing a special interest in cases of gender discrimination and retaliation in violation of the federal False Claims Act. In addition to her work in federal district courts, she routinely litigates matters before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Merit Systems Protection Board.. “My hope is that our work creates a better workplace for people,” Ms. Chambers says. “I love being a part of the mission to push the law forward for employees.”. Ms. Chambers also advocates for employee rights before possible violations necessitate legal action. Companies often ask her to conduct compliance investigations to root out any problems in their own investigative structure and to help evaluate the validity of claims, such as sexual harassment, in order to provide proper resolution. She has been praised for her quick turnaround and thorough reports.. Within TELG, Ms. Chambers manages the evaluation team and legal fellows. She also trains and mentors the firm’s law clerks on legal and trial strategy, organizational skills, and effective case management. She often checks in with clerks to help them balance their workloads and manage deadlines. Ms. Chambers is also heavily involved in drafting protocols and policies for TELG, including protocols for the evaluation process and for preparing clients for depositions.. Her clear and simple way of explaining things is not only helpful for the people she mentors but also for clients. Ms. Chambers makes a note of telling clients what they can expect during the legal process — even down to the little details of where to sit and who will be in a room — to help ease their anxiety. Her empathy and compassion have led clients to stay in touch long after their cases are over and have even prompted some clients to say that she seems to know what they’re thinking before they even say it.. “No one else is going to advocate for clients as strongly as we do,” Ms. Chambers says. “I never lose sight of the fact that this is one of the most devastating times of our clients’ lives, and I use our firm’s years of experience and resources to go head-to-head for them and do everything possible to get a good outcome.”. Before joining the firm, Ms. Chambers worked for an intellectual property litigation firm and was part of the trial team for a multimillion-dollar patent infringement case before the U.S. International Trade Commission.. Ms. Chambers has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, an honor granted to only 2.5% of attorneys in each state. In 2023, she was also named to Lawdragon’s list of the top 500 plaintiff-side employment lawyers in the United States and recognized in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch. One of Ms. Chambers’ cases, Ivie v. Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP, was named a Top 50 Labor & Employment Verdict in the U.S.. Ms. Chambers is currently a member of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, the Hispanic National Bar Association, and the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics. She is admitted to practice in Virginia, D.C., and various federal courts.. Ms. Chambers received her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, where she held numerous leadership roles in Latinx organizations. Her college experience focused on building communities and representing minorities and later pushed her to become an advocate. She received her law degree from The George Washington University Law School.. Ms. Chambers was born and raised in the D.C./northern Virginia area and is happy to raise her two kids there as well. Both of her children attend the very same preschool she attended, for which she now sits on the board, assisting with fundraising and administrative duties.. Ms. Chambers and her husband are in the process of remodeling their home and learning a lot about landscaping. As a result, their family, including their dog Abby, spends many hours outdoors. Ms. Chambers especially enjoys gardening and teaching her sons about how plants such as strawberries and hydrangeas grow.

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.

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.

Adriaen is a partner in the Litigation, Securities Enforcement, and Government Investigations & White Collar Crime practices. He focuses his practice on government investigations, criminal prosecutions, internal compliance issues, and a wide variety of other high-stakes litigation matters both in the United States and globally. As former Senior Counsel at the Division of Enforcement of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Adriaen employs the critical judgment, relevant knowledge, and practical skills learned from his time as a government enforcement attorney to defend clients embroiled in investigations and litigation brought by the SEC, Department of Justice (DOJ), and other federal agencies.. Adriaen represents public companies, financial services firms, accounting firms, and individuals. In addition to government litigation and investigations, clients rely on Adriaen in connection with class action suits, competitive business matters, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) matters, and state securities industry regulatory inquiries. He has an extensive background in global anti-corruption compliance and investigations, addressing issues in the context of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), UK Bribery Act, France’s Loi Sapin II, and other anti-corruption measures for companies with global operations. In addition, Adriaen has advised and defended clients involved in federal and state False Claims Act investigations and litigation. He has represented executives and corporations as a partner at international law firms as well as leading the litigation and compliance departments of Fortune 200 public companies as chief litigation counsel and chief ethics and compliance officer. Adriaen provides clients contending with government investigations a course of action to avoid litigation and win at trial by developing a legal strategy driven by his experience advising board of directors and public company management.. Proudly serving his country as a U.S. Marine, Adriaen was an infantry platoon commander and then a judge advocate prior to entering private practice. Born in Belgium and raised abroad in a Foreign Service family, Adriaen’s background encompasses diverse cultures and modes of thinking, directly informing his counseling strategies and, in particular, his understanding of the particular needs of global companies with diverse workforces.

Admitted to the bars of North Carolina, District of Columbia, Colorado (inactive), the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the First, Second, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and District of Columbia Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.

Accomplished and passionate attorney with 20+ years of experience in bankruptcy, coupled with diverse legal and business experience including litigation management, discovery, depositions, briefs and trial (2nd chair). Member of Bankruptcy Mediation Panel since its inception. Licensed to practice in all state and federal courts with admissions in California, Nevada, District of Columbia, England and Wales.

Abdoul A. Konare is a partner based in the Washington, D.C. office.. Mr. Konare practices in the areas of immigration and nationality law, concentrating on issues related to removal, family and employment of foreign nationals. His background includes extensive removal counseling and cases before U.S. Immigration Courts and Immigration & Customs Enforcement. His family and employment practices involve representing individuals, families, and businesses before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Department of State, Department of Labor and other government agencies.. Mr. Konare has received a LL.M. in Securities and Financial Regulation from Georgetown University Law Center in 2003 and a J.D. cum laude, from Michigan State University College of Law in 2002. From 2002 to 2003, Abdoul served as a Fellow at the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) in Washington, DC. He is a member of the Bars of District of Columbia and Michigan.. In his spare time, Mr. Konare is a very active volunteer for Centro Hispano in Frederick, MD and enjoys running.

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.