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Michael L. Vogelsang, Jr., is a principal at The Employment Law Group® law firm, where he frequently handles cases that involve whistleblower retaliation, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, and other workplace claims.. Since joining the firm in 2007, Mr. Vogelsang has gained extensive experience representing federal employees. He specializes in navigating the administrative labyrinth of cases across dozens of departments and agencies, such as: the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and numerous others.. Mr. Vogelsang’s federal employee work includes responding to adverse personnel actions; filing whistleblower complaints with the Office of Special Counsel; litigating discrimination claims before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and representing federal employees in appeals to the Merit Systems Protection Board.. Mr. Vogelsang’s notable victories for clients include:. “People shouldn’t let the size of the government or of their employer make them believe that they don’t have a claim or can’t have their voice heard,” Mr. Vogelsang says. “It can be an intimidating process, but TELG can hold your hand and bring down barriers throughout that process.”. Mr. Vogelsang is a fan of the second option, often preferring to take a bold approach to cases. He remains direct and focused when telling clients what they need to know and when pushing to achieve their goals. Mr. Vogelsang enjoys digging into the legal background of cases and takes care to build a nuanced perspective and strategy. His personal goal is to level the playing field for employees, who often suffer from the inconsistency of administrative courts and biased favor shown towards agencies.. Mr. Vogelsang has co-chaired private-sector jury trials in federal courts in the Eastern District of Virginia and the District of Colorado. He is also active in the LGBT+ community and has litigated sexual orientation discrimination cases in both state and federal court.. Before coming to TELG, Mr. Vogelsang worked as a contract project assistant and paralegal, providing support for various class action civil liability cases. He also served as the real estate legal assistant for The Nature Conservancy in its Latin American division. During his tenure with The Nature Conservancy, he assisted the company’s international programs with purchasing and protecting large tracts of valuable grasslands, watersheds, rain forests, deserts, and coastal preserves throughout Central and South America.. Mr. Vogelsang’s interest in Latin America started during his undergraduate years at the American University, where he majored in International Studies and spent a semester abroad studying Latin American culture and Spanish language in Santiago, Chile. As a result, Mr. Vogelsang is conversant in Spanish. He later received his law degree from the American University Washington College of Law and is a member of the Virginia, D.C., and Maryland bars.. Mr. Vogelsang is a member of several professional organizations including the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, the National LGBT Bar, and the D.C. LGBT Bar.. For the past two years, The Best Lawyers in America has recognized Mr. Vogelsang for his expertise in employment law and litigation. Lawdragon regularly places him on its annual list of top 500 plaintiff-side employment lawyers. In 2019, Super Lawyers also recognized Mr. Vogelsang as a “Rising Star,” an honor only given to 2.5% of practicing attorneys in each state.. In his personal life, Mr. Vogelsang sees himself as a bit of a nerd. His office is decorated with Stars Wars LEGO, and he’s a big fan of comic books, particularly of Marvel’s Thor. Mr. Vogelsang also enjoys hiking and, as a Los Angeles, CA, native, going to the beach. He loves finding new recipes to try out in the kitchen and especially likes North African, Moroccan, and Greek dishes.

Michael is AV Rated, Preeminent, by Martindale-Hubbell, having been peer rated for the highest level of professional excellence.  Michael earned his Juris Doctor with honors from the American University, Washington College of Law, where he served as an Articles Editor on the Editorial Board of the THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW.  Attorney Troy was a Dean’s Fellow for Associate Dean and Professor Jamin Raskin. He earned his LL.M. in Securities and Financial Regulation from the Georgetown University Law Center.  After law school, Michael clerked for Judge John H. Bayly at D.C. Superior Court.  Judge Bayly was hearing criminal and family matters at the time.  Mike has practiced law in the District of Columbia and Maryland for more than twenty-five years.

Michael Goldstein is an associate attorney in Tully Rinckey PLLC’s Washington, D.C., office, where he focuses his practice on federal employment law. Prior to joining the firm, Michael worked for two employment firms and a disability rights nonprofit. He also worked as a legal contractor within the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section. He has previous experience representing federal employees in Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) cases. He has also represented private-sector employees in D.C. Superior Court.. Michael earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in Santa Cruz, California, and his Juris Doctorate from Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Washington Council of Lawyers.. In his spare time, Michael enjoys playing softball with a recreational sports league on the National Mall, going to concerts, and hanging out with dogs.

Michael Ellement has represented employees who have been discriminated against because of their gender, race, and age; sexually harassed and sexually assaulted at work; and whistleblowers who have been unlawfully fired after uncovering misconduct. He has extensive experience negotiating severance agreements.  He has also litigated complex matters in courts and before administrative agencies throughout the country, both at the trial at appellate level.

Michael C. Zisa focuses his practice on construction, surety and government contracts law. He has successfully represented sureties, general contractors, subcontractors and owners in litigation before federal and state courts in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia as well as various contract appeals boards and in alternative dispute resolution forums. Although well-versed in the litigation process, Mr. Zisa regularly assists and counsels clients to avoid litigation when possible through planning and preemptive actions including contract review and negotiation, contract administration assistance and claim development and analysis. In addition to a construction, surety and government contracts practice, Mr. Zisa represents business entities ranging from sole proprietorships to Fortune 500 companies with regard to commercial litigation and transactional matters. Mr. Zisa represents construction clients on public and private projects with regard to a variety of matters ranging from prosecution and defense of breach of contract and request for equitable adjustment claims to payment bond, performance bond and mechanic’s lien claims. His work for surety clients includes analysis and defense of payment bond and performance bond claims, negotiation and administration of takeover arrangements and prosecution of subrogation and indemnity actions.Mr. Zisa regularly speaks on construction and surety issues and was recently recognized by Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers in the areas of construction litigation, surety and government contracts.Before joining Peckar & Abramson, Mr. Zisa was the managing partner of a Chambers USA ranked boutique construction litigation and surety firm. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife and three children.

Michael Brown brings 15 years of legal experience to his clients.  Born in Blacksburg, Virginia, Michael joined Walker Jones in 2014 and manages the Rappahannock County office in Washington, Virginia.. Practice Areas. Admitted to the Virginia bar in 1999, to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia in 2000, and to the U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia in 2002.. Education. Professional Affiliations/Recognitions

Merritt R. Blakeslee has practiced in the fields of international law and international trade regulation since 1991.. He has represented clients before a wide variety of government agencies, including the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the International Trade Administration (Department of Commerce), the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He has argued cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Court of International Trade.. His principal practice areas include Section 337 investigations at the International Trade Commission, Customs counseling, enforcement, and litigation; antidumping and countervailing duty investigations; and export controls.. Mr. Blakeslee is a 1991 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia Law School, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and the Georgia Law Review. He also holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Tulane University and the degree of licence-ès-lettres from the Université de Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France.. He is admitted to the practice of law in the District of Columbia and Georgia (inactive) and is a member of the bars of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the U.S. Court of International Trade, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the ITC Trial Lawyers Association, and the Customs Lawyers Association.. He has written and spoken extensively on the subject of intellectual property protection in the context of international trade.

Meredith Jolie is a Senior Associate at the Washington, D.C. office of Maggio Kattar. She provides strategic counsel to clients on all aspects of business immigration. Her clients range from Fortune 500 corporations to multinational companies to start-ups in a variety of industries such as technology, transportation, engineering, and healthcare. She works with clients to craft plans that ensure mobility of their executives, managers, and specialized knowledge workers. Furthers, she provides skillful and meticulous guidance on all facets of nonimmigrant (or temporary work visas) and immigrant visas (or permanent residency). Meredith has represented clients before the Department of Labor, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Department of State, DHS Asylum Offices, and Federal Immigration Court.. Meredith also has extensive experience successfully representing individual clients in family-based immigration, waivers, asylum, extraordinary ability cases, and complex naturalization matters. Meredith has established herself as a hard-working and thorough attorney that clients can depend on for step-by-step navigation through the ever-changing and highly technical immigration system.. Her passion for immigration law arose out of her volunteer experiences working with children survivors of human trafficking and a genuine desire to help others. Through several non-profit organizations, she continues to provide pro bono legal services for humanitarian relief cases such as asylum and VAWA, advises at Naturalization Workshops, and also tutored students taking citizenship classes.. Meredith volunteers extensively in various roles for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). For the national AILA organization, she was selected to serve as a Member of the AILA Department of Labor (DOL) Liaison Committee (2020 to 2022), and was a speaker for AILA’s “Blanket L Practice: 2020 Update” presentation. For the Washington, D.C. Chapter of AILA, she has served as a Member of the Washington Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Liaison Committee (2021 to 2022); Washington USCIS Liaison Committee (2018 to 2020); Co-Chair of Citizenship Day Committee (2018 to 2020); Member of the DC Bar Liaison Committee (2017 to 2019); Asylum Office Liaison Committee Member (2017 to 2018); and Co-Chair of Dinner Committee (2015 to 2017). Additionally, she received the Pro Bono Service Award in September 2019 and the AILA DC Chapter award for Pro Bono / Outreach Division Person of the Year in 2019. Finally, Meredith was recognized for her work and added to the "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America" list.. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester, wherein Meredith was awarded the Irene Grace Bunde Speech Award. This prestigious award is given annually to the most persuasive female speaker at the University of Rochester. Meredith obtained her Juris Doctorate from the University at Buffalo, School of Law. She is currently the Co-Chair of the D.C. Alumni Steering Committee for UB Law (2017 to 2019).

Melissa specializes in intellectual property and technology with a focus on trademark law. She offers strategic counseling in identifying and protecting valuable intellectual property assets and maximizing their value through development, licensing, commercial distribution, and protection to promote and maintain brand recognition. Her practice includes filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to register trademarks in the U.S. and abroad, as well as trademark enforcement to protect valuable marks against infringers and in defending clients against infringement claims.

MELISSA E. PIERRE-LOUIS WASHINGTON is the founding member of the Washington Law Firm PLLC. She was a former partner at Outten & Golden LLP in New York and Washington D.C., where she successfully represented employees in litigation and negotiation in all areas of employment law for over a decade, including individual discrimination and retaliation claims, sexual harassment, whistleblower claims, contractual claims, and wage and hour actions. Ms. Washington also handles a variety of professional and executive compensation and benefits matters, including the negotiation of employment contracts, severance agreements, and restrictive covenants. Ms. Washington has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in 2017, 2018, 2020-2021 and by LawDragon as the 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers in 2020 and 2021. Ms. Washington is a seasoned litigator with substantial experience representing plaintiffs in both individual and class action cases in state and federal courts, as well as before FINRA and administrative agencies. She also works with clients to avoid litigation where appropriate, and to craft unique solutions to clients’ problems through a combination of negotiation, mediation and alternative dispute resolution.. Ms. Washington is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, the Washington Bar Association, the New York State and City Bar Associations, and the New Jersey State Bar Association. She is the former co-chair of the FMLA subcommittee of ABA Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee. She is also the former Chair of the National Employment Lawyers Association's Lawyers of Color Committee.

Maya Sequeira represents employees in individual and class actions involving gender and pregnancy discrimination. For example, Ms. Sequeira currently represents women with claims of gender discrimination in a collective action against the Big Four accounting firm KPMG in Kassman, et al. v. KPMG. As part of her advocacy on behalf of women in the workplace, Ms. Sequeira co-authored an amicus brief on behalf of Health Care Providers in Young v. UPS.  She also serves as Editor of Shattering the Ceiling.

Maurice “Mac” VerStandig is the managing partner of The Belmont Firm and focusses his practice on counseling individuals and companies in all manner of bankruptcy cases. He is known as a detail-oriented, aggressive, and unconventional litigator who utilizes the unique tools and remedies furnished by the bankruptcy process to secure a fresh start for his clients in need of relief from various debt obligations.. The majority of Mac’s practice is focused on representing individuals and companies in the federal bankruptcy courts. He has recovered tens of millions of dollars for his clients through the formation of consensual plans of reorganization, through his success in contested stay relief and conversion proceedings, and through adversary claims brought against third parties. He serves as outside bankruptcy counsel to some of the largest and most respected private lenders in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, while also maintaining a smaller creditor-focused practice in Florida and Nevada.. When not advising secured creditors, Mac has counseled multiple law firms in connection with their own insolvency proceedings, helped a mid-size manufacturing company efficiently liquidate through the chapter 11 process, guided the owner of a historic apartment complex through bankruptcy, and represented trustees in complex adversary proceedings. He takes pride in also furnishing pro bono representation to those in need, and regularly advises charities at no cost.. Having held an AV rating from Matindale-Hubbell since the age of 29, Mac is listed as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers and presently sits on the local rules committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia. He regularly appears in courts throughout the United States, but is proud to have deep ties to the Washington, DC community.. A native Washingtonian, Mac currently sits on the board of directors of the Charity Series of Poker as well as the board of visitors of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Communication Arts, and is a former member of the boards of directors of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington and Women’s American ORT Foundation.. Mac lives with this wife, Lindsay, for whom he enjoys cooking dinner on an almost-nightly basis.

Matthew Williams counsels directors of registered investment companies, independent directors and investment advisers on a variety of products, including mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds, unit investment trusts, separate accounts and variable insurance products. He has assisted in the drafting of SEC exemptive applications, participated in the annual 15(c) review process and revised prospectuses, proxies, SAIs, Forms 497, and other disclosure documents under the federal securities laws. Matthew also assists private investment fund sponsors and advisers throughout the fund formation process, including private equity funds and hedge funds.. Matthew’s practice experience includes providing advice to directors and investment advisers on discrete regulatory and compliance issues regarding federal securities laws including the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Commodity Exchange Act, the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.. While attending Duke University School of Law, Matthew served as a judicial intern with the Supreme Court of North Carolina, served as a student attorney with the Duke Wrongful Convictions Clinic, and worked as a teaching assistant and research assistant.

Matthew Tsun is an associate attorney at Simeone & Miller, LLP. Admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia, Matthew now handles complex personal injury and commercial litigation cases throughout Virginia. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from Wake Forest University before attending the Emory University School of Law for his Juris Doctorate. While in law school, Matthew was an active member of the national moot court team where he competed in the American Bar Association’s National Appellate Advocacy Competition. Prior to joining the legal team at Simeone & Miller, LLP, he volunteered as an attorney at Legal Services of Northern Virginia, assisting clients with family law-related matters of every nature. He now regularly conducts jury trials, arbitrations, and mediations in courts throughout Virginia and the District of Columbia.. Office:

Matthew Stiff joined Katz, Marshall & Banks in June 2009.  Mr. Stiff is a tireless advocate and has helped achieve successful outcomes for numerous clients under the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate whistleblower protections, the False Claims Act anti-retaliation provisions and the anti-discrimination and retaliation protections of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and corresponding state laws.. Mr. Stiff received a Bachelor of Arts in history from The Ohio State University, graduatingsumma cum laude with honors, in 2005. He graduated from New York University School of Law in 2008, where he served on the Student-Faculty Executive Committee and was involved in the school’s fundraising efforts in support of public interest legal careers. He received an NYU Law post-graduate public interest fellowship in September 2009.. Prior to joining Katz, Marshall & Banks, Mr. Stiff worked with the Human Rights Campaign as a McCleary Law Fellow. In connection with this work, Mr. Stiff authored “Breaking Down Barriers: An Administrator’s Guide to State Law & Best Policy Practice for LGBT Healthcare Access” (Human Rights Campaign Foundation, May 2009). He additionally co-authored “Disparate Treatment: Understanding the Impact of Same-Sex Relationship Recognition on the LGBT Healthcare Experience,” published by Health Lawyers News, the American Health Lawyers Association’s official publication, in July 2009, later presenting his work at the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association’s National Conference.. Mr. Stiff formerly sat on the HRC Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index Advisory Council, where he consulted with national healthcare facilities on LGBT healthcare access issues in a pro bono capacity.

Matthew Rist is a member of the bar in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the United States Supreme Court. With nearly a decade of experience in the D.C. and Maryland courts, he has represented thousands of clients in cases ranging from DUI and traffic offenses to drugs and weapons offenses, theft and robbery, domestic violence, and homicide.. He offers representation to clients no matter where they live—whether residents of the metropolitan D.C. area or beyond—involving charges in the D.C Superior Court, as well as the Maryland District and Circuit Courts.. Matt is proud of being a Washington, D.C., native who attended Murch Elementary School, Edmund Burke School, and Deal Junior High School in the District. He graduated from Walt Whitman High School in Montgomery County, Maryland. He earned his B.A. in Philosophy from the renowned University of Pennsylvania. After graduation, and while working with young people at the Germantown and Northeast Frankford Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia, Matt realized he could better serve the many challenging needs of people of all ages by advancing his studies.. He earned an M.A. in Philosophy from the Universiteit von Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Then he enrolled in the James E. Rogers School of Law at the University of Arizona, attracted by its strong programs in Public Interest Law. His law school experience includes a term of study at the University of Puerto Rico and a clerkship with Judge Frank Dawley in the Pima County Superior Court, Tucson, Arizona.. After graduating law school, Matt returned to his home turf, sitting for and passing the bar in both the District of Columbia and Maryland on his first try each time. He pursued his strong interest in criminal defense by joining the Public Defender's Office in Baltimore, Maryland. As Assistant Public Defender, he defended a wide variety of criminal cases and managed a challenging caseload of more than 50 cases at a time. Following this strong experience, he opened his own law firm in 2010, defending cases in the District of Columbia and across the State of Maryland.. Matt is committed to providing strong, ethical, fearless defense for each and every client.

Matthew Nace graduated from the Pennsylvania State University: Dickinson School of Law in 2008 before joining Paulson & Nace, PLLC.  Prior to attending law school, Mr. Nace graduated from Dickinson College where he played both football and baseball.  He was also the President of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity for two years.. After law school, Mr. Nace married his wife Cristin with whom he raises his son Daniel.. Currently, he is the Secretary for the Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway and Premises Liability Section of the American Association for Justice.

Matthew D. Estes represents clients in employment law matters and specializes in the representation of federal employees before the EEOC and MSPB.

Matt Kirsch concentrates his practice on the acquisition, sale, financing and leasing of real property. In addition, Mr. Kirsch advises clients regarding real property tax assessment matters, including the appeal of assessments for office buildings, apartment buildings, and other commercial properties in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. Mr. Kirsch also advises clients on compliance with tenant rights matters in the District of Columbia, including the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA). Mr. Kirsch has extensive experience with corporate matters, including the formation and organization of business entities and joint ventures.. Mr. Kirsch received his Bachelor of Business Administration with distinction from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, with a concentration in Organization & Management and a second major in Philosophy. He received his law degree with honors from The George Washington University Law School, where he was a Member of The George Washington International Law Review.. Practice Areas:. Real Estate Acquisition, Sale and Financing. Real Estate Leasing – Commercial and Retail. Real Property Tax Assessment Appeals. Rental Housing and Compliance with Tenant Rights Matters

Mason devotes his practice to a blend of regulatory and litigation matters, principally representing medical device, biologics, pharmaceutical and food manufacturers, distributors and importers.. Mason advises clients on a wide array of topics ranging from approval and compliance of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to compliance with the complexities of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).  Mason assists clients with import issues involving FDA regulated products, including import holds, detentions, and refusals.  Consistent with his Food, Drug and Medical Device practice, Mason also provides regulatory due diligence opinions to financial institutions and other companies that may consider the purchase of a FDA regulated entity.  In addition to the above, Mason provides his trade association clients with legislative and regulatory development updates, and counsel on governance and antitrust issues.. Mason has a dynamic background that includes litigation and sales and marketing experience.  This affords him a unique and beneficial perspective in assessing and resolving regulatory matters.  Mason previously worked in sales and marketing for a biologics manufacturer and a laboratory that provided neurogenetic diagnostic testing. After graduating from law school, Mason was law clerk to The Honorable Terrence J. McGann, of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, where he was provided with vast exposure to litigation.  He then specialized in civil litigation at a boutique law firm in Maryland before joining OFW Law.. Mason was voted by his peers as a SuperLawyers “Rising Star” in Washington, DC and Maryland for 2013, 2014 and 2015.  He was also recognized by Martindale Hubble with the "Client Distinction Award" in 2012.. Mason was born and raised in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.  He is a graduate of Gonzaga College High School in Washington, DC.  He later received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Fairfield University in 2001, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore in 2009.  Mason is a member of the Health, Agriculture Law Sections of the Maryland State Bar Association, the Food and Drug Law Institute and the American Health Lawyers Association.

Mary Strimel advises and defends clients on mergers, acquisitions, criminal price-fixing, class actions and other antitrust investigations before the US Department of Justice, the US Federal Trade Commission, and state and federal courts. Her criminal and civil antitrust work has spanned a wide range of industries, including transportation, software, financial markets, data publishing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, glass, industrial products, alcoholic beverages and telecommunications.. Mary was an attorney with the DOJ Antitrust Division for over a decade, most recently as the founding chief of a criminal enforcement section launched in Washington, DC. Mary has extensive experience handling a full range of antitrust criminal litigation and investigative activities, including covert investigations, search warrants, witness interviews, plea agreements, coordination with foreign enforcement agencies, conduct of parallel civil/criminal investigations, grand jury presentations, trial preparation, and electronically stored information (ESI). In civil matters, Mary’s experience with enforcement agencies includes evaluation of market power, coordinated and unilateral effects, “fix it first” remedies, efficiencies, and proposed divestitures. She has presented expert and lay witnesses at trial regarding efficiencies and civil damages issues.. Before joining the DOJ Antitrust Division, Mary litigated high-stakes antitrust damages actions at a law firm specializing in complex class actions.

Martinis Jackson is the founder of Jackson Legal Services. He graduated valedictorian and manga cum laude from Howard University School of Law in 2013.. Following law school, Martinis served as a litigation associate at law firm Debevoise & Plimpton. After leaving Debevoise & Plimpton, Martinis served as a prosecutor in the District of Columbia where he investigated hundreds of cases in the District's domestic violence, and major felony units. As a prosecutor, Martinis prevailed in numerous bench and jury trials. In 2018, Martinis published Justice My Way: Memoirs of a Black Prosecutor memorializing his experience as a minority prosecutor.. In 2019, Martinis founded Jackson Legal Services; his firm specializes in Personal Injury, Police Misconduct, and Criminal Defense. He is an active member of the Washington Bar Association where he has served as co-chair of the WBA's Honor's Court, a committee that introduces grade school students to the positive impact that citizens can make through the practice of the law.. Follow Martinis on social media | Instragram: @jlegalservices | Facebook: @jlegalservices | Twitter: @MartinisJackso1

Married for more than 25 years with three sons; one cat.

Mark is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Hudson Cook, LLP. His clients include debt collectors, mortgage servicers, creditors, banks and other businesses facing consumer lawsuits with an emphasis on issues arising under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and other consumer protection laws. Mark also provides compliance counseling and advice, responses to government investigations, oversight of managed review and document production, and other litigation support services.. Mark has represented numerous financial institutions in civil litigation and government investigations involving the Fair Housing Act (FHA), Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), Truth in Lending Act (TILA), and the False Claims Act (FCA), often relating to mortgage origination and servicing practices. He has extensive experience defending banks in FHA cases brought by municipalities seeking generalized damages from foreclosures and has defended against counterclaims filed in connection with foreclosures.. Mark was the founder of The Rooney Firm PLLC. Before opening his own firm, Mark represented clients in litigation and defended clients against government enforcement actions and investigations for over 10 years at two prominent consumer financial services practices in Washington, DC.. An active leader in consumer finance law, Mark currently serves as co-chair of the American Bar Association's subcommittee on FDCPA and TCPA litigation and as chair of the DC Bar's consumer finance litigation committee. He is a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association and ACA International, where he serves as the Attorney Division representative to the Council of Delegates.. Mark received his J.D. (magna cum laude, Order of the Coif) from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was the Senior Articles Editor of the University of Miami Law Review and a teaching assistant in constitutional law. He earned his B.A. from Syracuse University (cum laude). Before law school, he served as a press secretary on Capitol Hill for three years and as a manager of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Torch Relay.

Mark has 39 years' experience in advising travel agencies and other travel companies in travel-industry matters. He is one of the few attorneys in the world whose practice is solely devoted to travel-industry concerns.. Mark is the weekly legal columnist for Travel Weekly, the travel industry's leading trade publication. Mark is a popular speaker at industry conventions and has given seminars for ASTA, ARTA, Radius, Hickory, Carlson Associates, NBTA and Uniglobe. A native of New York City, Mark holds a bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University in international relations, a master's degree from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a law degree from Georgetown University. Mark is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. Mark is also one of the top all-time money winners on the TV game show "Jeopardy!".