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I have devoted my practice to representing victims of severe harassment and discrimination in the workplace.  In this day and age, we simply cannot tolerate racism, mysogyny, or bigotry of any kind - and certainly not in the workplace.  I am very selective in the cases that I accept, making sure that my cases are significant and have a high likelihood of success at trial.  Because I work on contingency, I make certain that protecting against discrimination does not mean putting my clients in financial duress.

I have been practicing law in Washington, D.C. since 1982 and have had a broad range of experience, focusing on criminal, antitrust, telecommunications, and regulatory practice areas.  I am an avid tennis player, have 3 wonderful children and an amazing wife.  I am a problem solvetr, and can help you find solutions to difficult problems.

I have been practicing communications law since 1978, specializing in issues involving emerging spectrum-based technologies and FCC equipment authorization.  I have represented wireless broadband system operators, FCC licensees, cable systems, telecommunications equipment manufacturers, financing sources, and domestic and foreign investors in American communications companies.  I crafted the industry coalition proposal for restructuring the US 2.5 GHz regulatory regime that was largely adopted by the FCC in 2004, and has played an active role in the development of the 2.3 GHz, 3.65 GHz, 5 GHz and LMDS bands.. I appear before the FCC, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Rural Utilities Service, the Department of Justice, the Department of State, and federal and state courts. I regularly assist clients in connection with the FCC's rules governing equipment authorization and the allocation, licensing and regulation of spectrum. I frequently provide transaction support for clients implementing spectrum leases, asset and stock acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures and financings. I also represent emerging wireless service providers in access, franchising and zoning disputes with local governments.

I have been handling personal injury cases, including automobile accident cases, slip and fall cases, and medical malpractice claims, for over 20 years.  I have personally handled in excess of 5,000 cases, and I have been selected numerous times by Washingtonian Magazine, as one of the best personal injury attorneys in the Washington, DC area.  Additionally, I have never had less than an AV (the highest rating attainable) by the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory.. Recently, my firm ranked among the top three law firms in the DC area (category: Best Malpractice Representation), by The National Law Journal & Legal Times (2011 Reader's Survey).. I was also selected for inclusion on the 2012 Superlawyers list (Plaintiff's Personal Injury), which is based on "a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement" (www.superlawyers.com). I have also been selected as one of the top 10 personal injury lawyers in the Washington, DC area, by the editors of , which is a reference tool designed to help professionals find other highly qualified professionals in other fields. Personal injury lawyers are selected based on “Reputation among peer group, based on multiple interviews with professionals who practice apart from the professional in question.” Weight is also given to the “Volume of client work in a given practice area.” is not compensated in any way for their endorsements.. I am a member of the District of Columbia Bar, the Maryland Bar, the Pennsylvania Bar and I am admitted to practice in all area federal courts, including The United States Supreme Court. Gelb & Gelb, P.C. was founded in 1954 by my father Joseph D. Gelb, The firm is listed on the Bar Register of Preeminent firms.

I have been a trial lawyer since 1974. I completed 5 years in the Office of the Solicitor, Division of Civil Rights, U.S. Dept. of Labor and departed in the position of a Senior Trial Attorney. I litigated numerous class action civil rights enforcement cases seeking compliance with the obligation of federal contractors not to discriminate and to take affirmative action. One such case was against Uniroyal Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., alleging sex and race discrimination. The government was successful and Uniroyal was “debarred”, by Order of President Gerald Ford, from engaging in contracts with the United States until they came into compliance with their civil rights obligations.. I began at Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel, P.C. in 1980. I became the Managing Partner in 2005. I have represented thousands of individuals injured as a result of the carelessness of others. I have focused a lot of my energies on the representation of individuals with traumatic brain injuries. I am a founding member of the Brain Injury Association of D.C. (BIADC). I currently serve as Vice President of BIADC and assisted in the drafting of the Athletic Concussion Protection Act of 2011 – a District of Columbia law that protects youth athletes suspected of sustaining a concussion from reentering play unless cleared by a healthcare provider.. I represented approximately 15 of the families of developmentally disabled wards of the District of Columbia that died in the D.C. operated group home system. A plaque memorializing the deaths of these individuals has been placed in their honor, as a result of this litigation, outside the door of the Director of HHS of the District of Columbia. I have represented numerous children that suffered brain injury at birth as well as individuals that suffered profound brain injury as a result of the use of cyanoacrylate (the chemical equivalent of Superglue®) as an embolization device. I have also successfully represented a 6 yr. old child that suffered profound brain injury as a result of near drowning.. In December 2012, I was elected to the Board of Directors for the Brain Injury Association of America. In January 2014, I was elected to a 2-year term as Treasurer of the Brain Injury Association of America.. Some highlights of 2014 and 2015 include the continued successful management of Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel, P.C. and the mentoring of all partners and associates regarding trial technique and litigation strategies, as well as the approaches most likely to lead to the successful resolution of cases with values of approximately $1,000,000 or more at mediation.. I was counsel of record in Peluso-Riti v. Treeman, Inc., et al., which concerned an incident that resulted in our client having to undergo surgery to replace a fractured screw which was placed in her back in a pre-accident surgery. Unfortunately, one of the prongs of the instrument used to insert the disc material broke and remains inside Ms. Peluso-Riti’s spine. This case was favorably resolved by settlement.. I am also counsel of record in Galloway v. Alexandria Transit Company, et al. which involves a lady who was injured when she was struck by a bus while she was crossing in the crosswalk. Our client was dragged under the wheel of the bus which resulted in severe, permanent injuries. This case is scheduled for trial in the Fall.. The law firm has filed a class action in Jane Doe 2, et al. v. Georgetown Kesher Israel, et al. regarding the videotaping of women while they were participating in a religious ritual bath known as a "mikvah" at Kesher Israel Synagogue under the supervision of Rabbi Freundel. Rabbi Freundel has been sentenced to more than 6 years in jail but the civil case is proceeding.. The law firm filed Green, et al. v. Cosby, et al., a case which seeks compensation for injuries to the reputation of the Plaintiffs sustained as a result of the alleged defamatory comments by Defendant Cosby and/or his agents. As managing partner, I assist in the development of the litigation strategy.. In short, my entire career has been dedicated to successfully representing those that have been adversely affected by the careless behavior of others.

I have been a trial attorney for more than 20 years. I pride myself on being a creative and zealous advocate for and trusted advisor to my clients. My practice focuses on representing college students who have mental illness and have been placed on leave of absence or suspension, have been charged with disciplinary action, or have been denied reasonable accommodations. I work with clients experiencing disability discrimination to evaluate their options and find solutions that work best for them. Whether a client decides to pursue informal advocacy, file an administrative complaint, or bring a lawsuit to vindicate their rights, I can help.I am admitted to practice in DC and NY. My practice is limited to federal anti-discrimination law. Practice areas: Americans with Disabilities Act, campus mental health, discrimination, disability law, higher education.

I have a multi-disciplinary practice, representing debtors, lenders, and other parties in interest across a variety of industries and sectors, both in and out of bankruptcy.

I handle serious misdemeanors and felonies. If you or a family member are charged with a crime you need an attorney that will fight for you from the beginning.. I also handle medical malpractice cases. Unfortunately, doctors and surgeons can make big mistakes. I focus on cases where those mistakes cause severe injuries and the only way to make it right is with the help of an attorney. I deal with the big insurance companies, bureaucratic hospitals, and opposing counsel so that you do not have to go it alone.. My clients can count on my full attention to all the details of their case. I will work alongside you every step of the way. When I take your case I ensure you know what is going on by answering emails and phone calls promptly.. Let The Law Office of Sean Coleman be the solution to your legal problems. Don't think that you have to navigate the legal system on your own. My full service law office will put you at ease knowing I am handling all the aspects of your case from start to finish and beyond.. Call me today to begin the fight together.

I grew up playing stickball in Queens, NYC.

I grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts, and moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1980, where I graduated from the University of Michigan's residential college.  While in Ann Arbor, I was also a taxicab driver for Ann Arbor Yellow Cab, a music reviewer for the Ann Arbor News, a record store clerk, and a disc jockey at WCBN radio and numerous clubs and private parties.  During my subsequent years at Boston College Law School, I was a student intern at  both the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute and the United Auto Workers headquarters. I settled in the Washington, D.C. area in 1988, when I began my legal career as an appellate litigator with the National Labor Relations Board, enforcing that Board's orders  pertaining to disputes between employees and their unions, and management.  I later represented a major national labor union, and then advocated for children and families in the Washington, D.C. child abuse and neglect system.. I love my practice representing employees and job applicants in the Washington, D.C. area and elsewhere who have been wronged. Although I typically represent individuals and small groups of employees, I have observed that there are numerous workplace injustices that occur repeatedly, and that there are structural barriers to employment justice in the United States that need to be counteracted.  Informed by that recognition, I have worked persistently through the years to earn my reputation for tireless advocacy on behalf of my clients in all facets of employment litigation, including developing the factual record, opposing employer motions for summary judgment, trying cases and contesting issues on appeal when necessary. I hope and believe that by helping to obtain justice in my clients' individual circumstances, I can do my small part to make the workplace more just.

I formed my firm in July 2003 to undertake a pro bono matter matter that I could not undertake pro bono with my prior firm. Since then, I have worked primarily on Clean Air Act issues and administrative-law challenges to actions by federal agencies, including EPA, HHS, FDA, and DOE.

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My goals are to continue to provide high-caliber legal respresentation with flexible billing arrangements, while having time to devote to my family. Environmentally, I have significant experience in the Clean Air Act, especially the preemption of state and local vehicular standards, as well as TSCA and FIFRA. With civil rights, I am the national expert (through lack of any competition) on the administrative history of federal "Title IX" regulations.Beyond these specific substantive areas, I work extensively in the general area of judicial review of agency action under the APA, Section 1983, and their state-law equivalents.

I first came to the United States in 1972 from London, England, where I was born and had grown up.. I have been practicing military law for 44 years now doing courts-martial and court-martial appeals and adverse actions like Boards of Inquiry.. I have practiced military law before all the U.S. military courts, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the International Criminal Court.. I am a founding partner of Cave & Freeburg, LLP,

I finished my undergraduate degree in 1984 from University of Missouri, Columbia and then went on to complete my JD from Washington University, St. Louis in 1991. While in law school I was a member of the Washington University regional winning Mock Trial team.. I  am licensed to practice law in the State of Missouri and over my career I have represented hundreds of individuals in the St. Louis City, St. Louis County and Franklin County areas.  My first job out of law school was working for a plaintiff’s railroad litigation firm where I was able to obtain trial and hearing experience in nine different venues in the United States. In 1995 I left that practice to become a partner in my own firm with two other partners.  Since the end of 2010 I have been a sole practitioner.. Outside of my law practice, since 1991,  I have been able to combine my undergraduate education experience with my trial knowledge as an adjunct professor with Washington University in St. Louis. I  began as an adjunct professor with the undergraduate mock trial program. After a few years, I was then hired to be an adjunct professor with the Law School teaching a Pretrial class then later returned to teaching Mock Trial, but this time at the Law School. I am honored to coach the Washington University Law School mock trial team which has qualified for the National Competition more times than any other school in the entire country.. I have been married to my lovely wife Mary for the past 28 years and we have three sons, Sam, 17, Will, 15 and Jack, 12.

I enjoy tennis, baseball and all sports.  I am a naturalist, and an author on the evolution debate between Darwinists and intelligent design theorists, Creation: Towards a Theory of All Things (2005), and have given a number of author lectures from time to time including at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library.  I was an editor of the Michigan Law Review, and also authored a paper on legal jurisprudence that won international praise.  74 Mich. L. Rev. 1167-1199 (1976).  At the University of Michigan, I obtained my Ph.D. in philosophy for my work in moral theory and my J.D. I was awarded the Danforth Fellowship for Advanced Graduate Studies.  I am a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar.. On the lighter side of things, I enjoy singing, songwriting, guitar, piano, and recording.   I am a family man, and always enjoy cooking and barbecuing for my family - and sometimes the whole neighborhood.  I am a Christian churchgoer from a military family.  I love America, and attended the magnificent Inauguration of our new President Barack H. Obama.

I counsel small business owners, start-ups, and entrepreneurs on a variety of legal issues. Our mission is to partner with clients as part of their team to help them achieve the business of their dreams and plans with timely and strategic advice.

I combine my love for science and technology with legal expertise to advocate for my clients in all matters necessary to grow, protect, and defend their businesses. With a Ph.D. in biochemistry and numerous scientific and legal publications, I produce creative and effective approaches to achieve his clients' goals as efficiently as possible.. I have prosecuted over a thousand patent applications in chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and mechanical fields and handled numerous IP diligence projects. I have represented clients in Federal district courts and at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. I have also represented clients in inter partes review, post grant review, appeal, and reexamination proceedings before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

I build legal solutions which create extraordinary value for my clients. Whether I am litigating Tax Court cases, requesting IRS letter rulings, starting up companies, forming partnerships, planning estates, managing wealth, or negotiating an investment, my goal is to provide best of breed legal, tax, and financial services at a reasonable investment. My mission is not just to help clients, but to make sure that my representation puts them in a better position than they were before. I am selective about who I work with as a client, but if you think we can work together to get you the best outcome possible, then let’s talk.. My official title is Managing Partner at Alliance Law Firm International PLLC. This means I do tax matters, wealth management, estate planning, corporate issues for small and medium size business, venture capital, private equity, and natural resources (oil and gas).. I have a long and distinguished career in finance and private equity. I have worked in research at a small West Coast hedge fund, as a private equity manager for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in Washington, and as an equity analyst for ABN*AMRO in Moscow, Russia. I have worked with over 40 private equity and listed market funds, managed a portfolio of over $5 billion, and traveled to dozens of countries in every single continent on Earth except Australia and Antarctica.. I am a licensed attorney in the District of Columbia (2008) and Pennsylvania (2006). I am also admitted to practice before the US Tax Court and other Federal courts. My J.D. is from the Georgetown University Law Center (2004) and I have an MBA from the Yale School of Management (1997).. Specialties: Finance, Russia, Tax, Estates, Private Equity, Technology, Internet, Metals, Emerging Markets, Government, Business. Languages: English, Russian, German

I believe that being active in community affairs is an important part of an attorney’s responsibility to give back to the community. I have captained an American Diabetes Association team the last7 years raising over $130,000 and I am a committee member on the Washington D.C. chapter of the American Diabetes Association’s Step Out Fundraising Committee. I am a member of the McLean Estate Planning Council and the American Bar Association. I am also Vice-President of the Prengaman Family Foundation.  I am a registered patent attorney and eligible to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.. I currently reside in Arlington, Virginia with my wife, daughter and two dogs. One of my true passions in life is brewing my own beer at home.

I became a lawyer because I wanted to use my strategic abilities to help others solve problems; I remain a lawyer because of the satisfaction of working with clients who are on the cutting edge of innovation and shaping the world around them. And that’s why I founded Innovista Law.. My telecommunications practice has run the gamut, but my most challenging and rewarding work involves competitive carriers that are taking on the established incumbents through new service offerings or business models. I have also defended several companies on class action cases filed under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).  My telecommunications work has taken me across the country and even into foreign nations. These multi-prong disputes often involve challenges in federal and state courts, as well as before the Federal Communications Commission and state regulatory agencies. They require a deep understanding of litigation strategy and regulatory policymaking as well as technical knowledge. I have also helped give voice to competitive carriers on issues of national importance, including representing national trade associations on issues involving the regulation of the open Internet and on access charge reform.. Working with clients that are at the intersection of technology and social innovation to create great positive impact is another area that has always inspired me. In this arena, I have been fortunate to work with the U.S. Department of State on projects in Brazil, to lead a national conference with the Corporation on National and Community Service around technology and social impact, to work with companies that are bringing the innovative broadband services to the most rural parts of our country, and to collaborate with the nation’s leading producer of educational and information television programming to impact lives through technology.. Previous Work. Prior to starting Innovista Law, I was an attorney in the Telecommunications Pracitce Group at Arent Fox.  I have also served as director of programs and general counsel for a social enterprise focused on building the capacity of economically distressed communities and on preparing college students for successful careers as leaders of social sector organizations.

I am a registered U.S. patent attorney and a member of Dentons’ Intellectual Property and Technology Practice.. Working with clients ranging from startups to Fortune 50 companies, my practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property law, including patent preparation and prosecution; patent and trade-secret litigation; IP due diligence, clearance and landscape analysis; post grant proceedings; and licensing. My practice has a particular emphasis on patent portfolio development, including invention harvesting and patent filing strategies. With a business-first approach, I have prepared, prosecuted, and managed hundreds of U.S. and foreign patent applications for clients involving a broad range of technologies in fields such as automotive design, robotics, computer hardware and software, refrigeration, air conditioning, mobile payments, gaming, sporting equipment, and medical devices. I work closely with clients to craft strategies for helping them avoid disputes altogether.. I have significant litigation experience both enforcing patent rights and defending against patent infringement claims. For over 10 years, I have been representing individuals and companies across a broad range of technologies in patent disputes before the ITC, in district court, and at the PTAB. I also regularly handle other IP and technology related disputes, including trade-secret disputes, domain name hijacking, trademark/trade dress infringement, and administrative proceedings before the TTAB.. While attending law school, I served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Kathleen M. O’Malley of the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (now on the Federal Circuit). Before attending law school, I worked as a project engineer at Applied Safety & Ergonomics, Inc., a forensic engineering consulting firm specializing in ergonomics and human factors, where I analyzed product designs and designed/evaluated safety.

I am the principal counsel of The Law Office of Gerald L. Gilliard, Esq., LLC.. I am an employment, whistleblower, and discrimination law attorney whose backgound includes nationwide representation of Federal employees facing workplace discrimination and unwarranted adverse action, as Staff Counsel for the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO.  I have served as Of Counsel in the employment law and government contracts departments of three prominent Washington law firms, and most recently, as the founder of a small plaintiff's law firm defending and protecting employees against discrimination, retaliation, and adverse actions.. My subject matter expertise includes extensive practice before federal courts, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, and U.S. Office of Special Counsel, and also expert-level knowledge about employment and labor relations law, adverse and performance based actions, alleged discrimination and whistleblower reprisal, security clearance revocations, competitive and non-competitive promotions, suitability determinations, background investigations, probationary periods, pay and benefits, worker's compensation, hours of duty and time and attendance, performance assessment and deficiencies, and disability retirement, and removal, standards of conduct, and investigations.. Victories for my clients include a 2017 victory at a three-day federal sector EEOC hearing, the 2014 execution of a sizable private litigation settlement of an Americans with Disabilities Act complaint (despite the client's untimely death), 2013 reinstatement of a federal police officer fired for being a witness in a fellow officer's EEOC case, the 2008 reinstatement of two African-American male TSA screening officers barred from work for wearing hair braids, the successful 2009 defense of the security clearance of a federal security officer with a dual U.S.-Jordan citizenship, obtaining back pay and reinstatement for a Federal officer fired for falling asleep on post in 2008, and orchestrating the 2010 dismissal of an agency executive who falsified payroll records.  I began my legal career as an associate with Grayson & Kubli, P.C., the only law firm to successfully take to trial companies profiting illegally from the Iraq postwar reconstruction.. I enjoy being a manager, a coach, and a mentor to law students and to new attorneys in this field.  I really enjoy spending time with my family and attending my childrens' basketball games and soccer matches.

I am the owner of the Law Office of Chun T. Wright.  My firm focuses on intellectual property enforcement (anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting), copyright and trademark law, Internet and technology issues, adventure travel law and litigation.  I represent individuals and companies of all sizes, both domestic and international.  I am also Of Counsel to Reid Collins & Tsai LLP ("RCT"), which focuses on complex commercial financial litigation.  In this role, I am able to combine my intellectual property experience with RCT’s complex financial litigation experience to assist clients in combating counterfeiting and piracy at the highest levels.. Previously, I was an in-house attorney with the U.S. trade association for video and computer game publishers and a litigator at major law firms in the San Francisco Bay Area.  I am also a former federal prosecutor with extensive trial experience.

I am the owner and editor of The Legal Forum and the weekly email newsletter Legal Forum News. I have handled criminal defense and workers compensation cases. I also have written on a wide variety of legal issues, everything from constitutional law to government regulation to environmental law.

I am the founding member of Bevilacqua PLLC and also a co-founder, President and General Counsel of Digital Offering, a merchant bank that raises growth capital for private and public companies. Before starting my own firm and co-founding Digital Offering, I was a partner in the Corporate and Securities Group at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.  Before that, I was a partner in the Business and Finance group of Thelen LLP and also practiced at other international and regional law firms as a corporate and securities transactional lawyer. I have counseled companies of every size ranging from entrepreneurs with just an idea to established companies whose securities trade on the NYSE or NASDAQ. I have broad experience representing issuers in public offerings and private placements of securities, Exchange Act compliance, angel and venture capital financings, and other areas of equity and debt financing. I also advise my clients on mergers, acquisitions and other business combinations, including “roll up” transactions. I have several years of experience working with microcap public companies whose securities are quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, and he understands the special needs of these companies. I have also represented companies with international operations, including companies based in the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan, Republic of China, Latin America, Europe and Australia. I graduated Cum Laude from Fordham University and obtained a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law where I was a member of the Order of Coif. I am Chambers ranked in Capital Markets (International Firms) (Experts Based Abroad) and USA Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Foreign Experts).

I am passionate representing people in complex litigation involving catastrophic injuries.. Holding wrongdoers accountable is a tremendous satisfaction. I do believe that the civil justice system is a powerful tool for positive change.