District of Columbia Lawyers Karen Bower to Kelsey Penna

Firm: The Law Office of Karen Bower

1629 K St NW Ste 300 , Washington , District of Columbia 20006

Practice Areas: Education

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.

Firm: The Cullen Law Firm PLLC

1101 30th Street NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20007

Practice Areas: Corporate , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Kathleen Havener, a 1991 honors graduate of Harvard Law School, began her law school career when her three daughters were 8, 5, and 4 years old respectively, entering fourth grade, kindergarten, and pre-school.  Accordingly, Kathleen considers herself an expert in time management and attention to detail.. Ms. Havener’s career has included many years in big firms, 8 years in her own small firm, and currently a small litigation firm. She has managed cases ranging from antitrust to zoning and nearly everything in between. Kathleen has participated as liaison counsel in multidistrict litigation, and has worked on corporate employee raiding cases, securities fraud litigation, environmental regulation, multi-billion dollar corporate tax controversies, intellectual property litigation, insurance coverage disputes, government contracts bid protests, administrative proceedings before the United States Department of Transportation and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, complex commercial foreclosure actions and numerous appellate proceedings. Ms. Havener is experienced in mediation and arbitration, including international arbitration.  Early in her career, Ms. Havener represented the World Cup USA 1994 as Venue Legal Counsel in the Washington DC venue, coordinating safety and security arrangements with 20 separate law enforcement and security agencies throughout the DC Metropolitan Area.. Ms. Havener is currently engaged in a constitutional law litigation practice in Washington, DC.. Along with her law practice, Kathleen is active in the American Bar Association Leadership. She formerly served as Co-Director of Division VI (The Profession) of the Section of Litigation after a three-year term as Co-Chair of the Section’s Woman Advocate Committee.  Kathleen is passionately committed to age, gender, racial, and ethnic diversity in the legal profession. She has published many articles and is a frequent lecturer at Continuing Legal Education Seminars and guest public speaker.. Her publications (hyperlinked where available) include:. ·         “How to Deliver Bad News to Your Client,” ABA Solo|Small Firm Division GP|Solo Magazine (January/February 2016). ·         “A Litigator’s Reluctant Endorsement of Mediation,” ABA Solo|Small Firm Division GP|Solo Magazine (January/February 2015). ·         “Discovery Lessons Your Mother Should Have Taught You,” ABA Solo|Small Firm Division GP|Solo Magazine (July/August 2014). ·         “Unlearning Exclusion: How I Became a Part of the Solution,” ABA Solo|Small Firm Division GP|Solo Magazine (March/April 2014). ·         “Destination Disasters: Who’s at Fault?,” ABA Solo|Small Firm Division GP|Solo Magazine (June/July 2013). ·         “Landing the Big Fish: Small Firms Representing Big Companies,” ABA GP|Solo (May/June 2012). ·         “Making Magic With Courtroom Technology,” ABA GP|Solo (March/April 2012). ·         “Geronimo! Or How I Became a Sole Practitioner,” Litigation Journal (Winter 2010). ·         “A Lifetime of Learning: Why I am a Generalist,” Woman Advocate News (Fall 2007). ·         “Better Lawyers,” Perspectives—Journal of the National Association of Women Lawyers (December 2005). ·         “Method Acting for Lawyers,” Litigation (Summer 2005). ·         “Litigation (Rev. 2.0),” The American Lawyer (February 2005) (co-author). ·         “Lawyering on the Front Lines: On-Site Legal Counsel for Major Sporting Events,” 6 Marquette Sports Law Journal 29 (1995) (co-author). ·         Contributing Author, Smart Soloing, ABA Books, 2011. ·         Contributing Author, Road to Independence, ABA Books, 2011

Firm: The Spinal Cord Injury Law Firm

1629 K Street, NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20006

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice

The mission of our firm is the bedrock for representing each and every client.. The Spinal Cord Injury Law Firm, PLLC is a law firm exclusively committed to representing individuals who have suffered catastrophic injuries by providing dedicated representation and focused consultation to improve the lives of our clients. We focus on providing free mentoring services and donating a portion of the firm’s profits back to the spinal cord injury community.. We are located in the heart of the Nation’s Capital in downtown Washington, DC. However, we maintain a national practice with our clients being located across the United States.. We aren’t just a law firm that practices law and advocates for individuals who have sustained a spinal cord injury or other catastrophic injury. We are a firm founded by a lawyer with a spinal cord injury and we are equipped to advise you and champion for you as you navigate life after a spinal cord injury or other life-changing injury.. We are the only firm in the nation founded by a nationally recognized attorney who can also share in your experience of living through, and thriving after, a catastrophic event. We get it because we have been there. The Spinal Cord Injury Law Firm is here to help you. Contact us and let us know how.. As a client, we commit the following to you:

Firm: BERLINER CORCORAN & ROWE LLP

1101 SEVENTEENTH ST NW , WASHINGTON , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Mergers & Acquisitions

Focused on issues facing startups and small businesses, I am a partner at Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP in the heart of Washington, DC. My clients are startups and small businesses across industries. My clients include nonprofits and government contractors. I enjoy working with small companies as they try to take their businesses to the next level. I live and work in Washington, DC.

Firm: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

607 14th Street N West Suite 900 , Washington , District of Columbia 20005

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Garner Law PLLC

1717 K St NW Ste 900 , Washington , District of Columbia 20006

Practice Areas: Business

Keisha A. Garner is the founder and managing member of Garner Law PLLC. She is passionate about the practice of law and is aware of the importance of building personal relationships with her clients. She is known for her personal approach to clients, her ability to gain her clients’ trust, and her aggressive, yet strategic approach to protecting their interests.. Ms. Garner began her legal career as an attorney with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Board of Veteran’s Appeals, where she adjudicated appeals for denial of veterans’ benefits. After leaving the federal government, Ms. Garner joined the Washington, DC office of Whiteford, Taylor and Preston, where she served as general counsel to nonprofit associations and litigated and settled hundreds of civil lawsuits. In her current practice, Ms. Garner focuses on family law, estate planning, small business, civil litigation and criminal defense. She is a protective and persistent advocate for her clients and works within the law to assist her clients in resolving their legal issues as economically and efficiently as possible.. Education. Ms. Garner received her Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law School, where she was the recipient of the Dean’s Award and served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Business & Technology Law. She has worked as a law clerk at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and U.S. Department of Justice. Ms. Garner also interned for the Honorable James P. Salmon at the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, Fourth Appellate Circuit.  In addition to interning for the Honorable Judge Salmon, Ms. Garner also worked as a student attorney in the Community Development Clinic at the University of Maryland School of Law.. Community Service. Ms. Garner is an active member of the legal community and uses her extensive legal experience to serve her community by providing volunteer and pro bono services to individuals and organizations through various pro bono organizations in Maryland and the District of Columbia.  Ms. Garner provides assistance to nonprofit organizations through the Baltimore-based Community Law Center.  She also assists pro bono clients with family law, estate planning and small business matters through the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, D.C. Bar Pro Bono Programs, the Children’s Law Center, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Services, and the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland. In addition to providing pro bono services to her community, Ms. Garner is active in several bar associations, including serving as co-chair of the J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association’s (JFBBA) Public Relations Committee (2015-present), JFBBA’s Annual Scholarship Banquet Committee (2014-present), and the D.C. Bar Practice Management Services Committee (2015-present).

Firm: Kazakh Service Centre

1725 I St NW , Washington, DC , District of Columbia 20006

Practice Areas: Passport & Visa Services, Notaries, Translation Services

633 Indiana Ave NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20004

Firm: Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP

1718 Connecticut Ave NW , Washington, DC , District of Columbia 20009

Practice Areas: Employment

Firm: Stein & Rosenberg, LLC

1120 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. , Washington, D.C. , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Car Accident, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents

Firm: Price Benowitz, LLP

409 7th St NW Suite 100 , Washington , District of Columbia 20004

Firm: Tucker PLLC

1225 19th Street, NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Divorcing clients appreciate the combination of strength and compassion Katherine brings to her cases, especially when domestic abuse or child custody issues are involved. As a former trial attorney with the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Katherine has extensive experience in the courtroom. She ensures clients understand the court process and focuses them on achieving realistic results.. Accessible and approachable, Katherine is known for moving quickly. Whether it is securing a temporary restraining order, preparing for Civil Protection Order trial in 10 days, or working with clients to formulate a Marital Settlement Agreement, Katherine acts decisively on behalf of her clients. They feel she is advocating for their best interests, working first to settle, but not hesitating to go to court if settlement isn’t possible.. The conflict of divorce can narrow an individual’s perspective. Katherine is adept at helping clients see the proverbial “light at the end of the tunnel” so they can move forward with their lives. At the end of the process, she wants clients to feel settled and empowered, that together they accomplished the best that was possible.

Firm: Stanford Heisler Kimpel, LLP

1666 Connecticut Ave NW Ste 300 , Washington , District of Columbia 20009

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Katherine Kimpel has dedicated her career to helping individuals realize the justice that our laws promise.  She serves as Lead Counsel in numerous class action and individual matters enforcing federal and state anti-discrimination and wage and hour laws. Ms. Kimpel also negotiates exit packages and transitional plans on behalf of professionals at the highest levels in their fields, including Senior HR executives, COOs, General Counsel and attorneys.

Firm: General Services Administration

1800 F Street , Washington , District of Columbia 20405

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Bailey & Ehrenberg

1015 18th St. NW Suite 204 , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Employee Benefits

Kate Robinson represents individuals and businesses with respect to a variety of sophisticated employee benefits, tax and traditional employment matters. Kate assists clients with the design and implementation of qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation, retirement and welfare benefits plans. She frequently drafts and reviews employment and independent contractor agreements, restrictive covenants, employment policies and employee handbooks, severance arrangements and other employee benefit plans. She also generally advises clients on all aspects of compliance with ERISA as well as state and federal employment laws.. Prior to joining Bailey & Ehrenberg, Kate worked as an associate attorney for the Global Compensation, Benefits and ERISA practice group at Paul Hastings LLP. At Paul Hastings, Kate represented a mix of private and public corporations, private equity firms and investment banks with respect to ERISA and employment matters arising in the context of M&A transactions.. Kate received her law degree from the University of Maryland Carey School of Law in 2013. She subsequently graduated from Georgetown University Law Center during 2014 with an LL.M in Taxation (including a Certificate in Employee Benefits Law). Kate worked as a Law Clerk for the Foundation Litigation of the American Association of Retired Persons (“AARP”) during her time at Georgetown. In that capacity, she assisted AARP’s employee benefits attorneys by drafting memoranda, motions and briefs in support of ERISA litigation proceedings across various federal courts.

Firm: Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight

700 Pennsylvania Ave. SE , Washington , District of Columbia 20003

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Kate Mueting is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Sanford Heisler Sharp and a Co-Chair of the firm’s Title VII Practice. She represents employees in a broad range of employment claims, including discrimination on the basis of gender, pregnancy, race, and sexual orientation.. Kate represents professionals at the highest levels in their fields, including Big Law partners and corporate executives. She has advised C-Suite executives in the pharmaceutical, technology, consulting, media, and communications industries against their Fortune 500 employers and has recovered tens of millions of dollars on behalf of her clients.. Kate currently serves as lead counsel in the hard-fought Donna Kassman et al. v. KPMG LLP, which seeks to remedy that firm’s systemic discrimination in pay and promotion, discrimination based on pregnancy, and chronic failure to properly investigate and resolve complaints of discrimination and harassment. Kate leads a team of more than a dozen fighting to challenge gender discrimination at the Big Four Accounting Firm. Kate and her colleagues won conditional certification of the Equal Pay Act claims, and since then more than 1,100 female employees have joined the litigation as a means of securing fair and equitable compensation. Since Sanford Heisler Sharp filed the case in 2011, Kate and her team have defeated multiple attempts by KPMG to dismiss the case, and she has successfully advocated for the inclusion of additional Named Plaintiffs and of numerous other female employees of KPMG through equitable tolling.. Kate is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer at bar associations, educational institutions, and law firms. Kate is actively involved in the District of Columbia’s Women’s Bar Association, where she leads the Membership Committee. In September 2018, the Association named Kate the winner of its coveted “Mussey-Gillett Shining Star Award” that recognizes members who make extraordinary contributions to advance the mission of the Association. Kate is also a member of the Legal Network for Gender Equity.. In 2017, Kate earned recognition as one of 40 Washington, D.C. “Rising Stars” from the National Law Journal. She has also been honored as a leading litigator by other publications, including the Washington, D.C,. Super Lawyers Magazine and eBoss Watch.. Prior to joining Sanford Heisler Sharp, Kate worked at Covington & Burling, LLP, and she clerked for Michael J. Melloy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the Richard J. Leon on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She also served as a Team Leader for the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.

Firm: Dilworth Paxson Llp

655 Fifteenth St., NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20005

Practice Areas: Communications & Media

Firm: Kass Legal Group

4301 Connecticut Ave NW , Washington, DC , District of Columbia 20008

Practice Areas: Wills, Trusts, & Probates, Real Estate, Business

Firm: The Kohn Law Group PLLC

1717 K Street , Washington , District of Columbia 20006

Practice Areas: Litigation

We fight for you.  Because you matter.

Firm: Bruckheim & Patel - Washington, DC

1100 H St NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20005

Practice Areas: DUI & DWI

Kelsey Penna is a litigation attorney specializing in criminal defense and family law matters. Her client-centered approach ensures she focuses on obtaining the best outcome for her clients. As an associate at Bruckheim & Patel, Ms. Penna represents clients at D.C. Superior Court and the DC DMV. Her practice areas include: civil protection orders (CPOs), expungment/sealing cases, traffic and other criminal offenses, and divorce and family law matters. Additionally, she specializes in misdemeanor and felony criminal appellate work for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.. Prior to joining her current firm, Ms. Penna had the honor of clerking in Magistrate Judges Chambers at D.C. Superior Court. This clerkship gave her a unique understanding and invaluable insight into the law and litigation techniques from the judge's perspective. As the Criminal Division law clerk, Ms. Penna supported judges assigned to multiple criminal calendars including: arraignments, preliminary hearings, domestic violence, and traffic. When Ms. Penna was an attorney for the Washington College of Law Women in the Law Clinic, she successfully represented clients in obtaining CPOs, custody, and divorce agreements.. Ms. Penna graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism and English. She went on to earn her Juris Doctor from American University Washington College of Law. She is barred in the District of Columbia.. When Ms. Penna has free time, she enjoys practicing hot yoga and exploring the many wineries and hiking trails in the DMV area.