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Firm: Mesirow & Associates

1710 Connecticut Ave NW , Washington, DC , District of Columbia 20009

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Attorney And Counselor At Law , Washington , District of Columbia 20005

Practice Areas: Social Security

Firm: Tully Rinckey PLLC

2001 L Street NW, Ste. 902 , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

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.

888 16th St NW Ste 500 , Washington , District of Columbia 20006

Practice Areas: Litigation, Employment & Labor, Appeals

Firm: MICHAEL A. FRACASSI, ESQ. Attorney at Law, FRACASSI MAHDAVI SISSMAN & RAND LLP

Global Headquarters & National Affairs Office , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Tax

MICHAEL A. FRACASSI, the Senior and Founding Partner of FRACASSI MAHDAVI SISSMAN & RAND LLP is a Martindale-Hubbell "AV® Preeminent™" rated attorney and was included in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register Of Preeminent Lawyers. An "AV® Preeminent™" Peer Review Rating is the "Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards" a lawyer can receive. It reflects that he or she has reached the height of professional excellence, that they have usually practiced law for many years, and are recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards. *. AREAS OF PRACTICE:. Litigation and Appellate Practice before United States Federal, State & Administrative Courts & Tribunals United States and International Taxation United States and International Business, Corporation & Entity Law Foreign Investment in the United States United States and International Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures & Reorganizations Structuring Real Estate Transactions and Development Business and Real Estate Workouts & Turnarounds Asset Forfeitures Asset Protection United States and International Finance, Venture Capital, Private Equity & Hedge Funds Legislative Representation before Congress & Executive Branch Agencies Professional Liability. COURT ADMISSIONS:. United States Supreme Court United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit United States District Court for the District of Columbia United States District Court for the District of Maryland United States District Court for the Southern District of New York United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia United States Tax Court United States Court of Federal Claims United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland District of Columbia New York State Commonwealth of Virginia. EDUCATION:. New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation) University of Buffalo (J.D., magna cum laude) University of Buffalo (M.B.A. in Finance, magna cum laude) University of Buffalo (B.S. in Accounting, magna cum laude). PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS (Current): FRACASSI MAHDAVI SISSMAN & RAND LLP, Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Suburban Maryland, 2006 - Present, Senior & Founding Partner. STUDIO LEGALE ROSCIONI & PARTNERS, Rome, Italy, Milan, Italy and Geneva, Switzerland, 1986 - Present, United States Counsel. PEDERSON IMMIGRATION LAW GROUP, P.C., Washington, D.C., 1986 - Present, Of Counsel. PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS (Prior): FRACASSI MAHDAVI LLP, Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia, 1994 - 2006, Senior and Founding Partner. FRACASSI MAHDAVI & TAWEEL, Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia, 1992 - 1994, Senior and Founding Partner. MICHAEL A. FRACASSI, P.C., Washington, D.C., 1989 - 1992, Senior & Founding Member. DELANEY & YOUNG CHARTERED, Washington, D.C. 1987 - 1988, Member. BROWNSTEIN ZEIDMAN & SCHOMER, Washington, D.C., 1984 - 1986, Tax Associate. DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS, New York, N.Y., 1982 - 1983, Tax Associate.. PROFESSIONAL WRITINGS: Contributing Author: "Mortgage-Backed Securities: Developments and Trends in the Secondary Mortgage Market," Clark Boardman Company, Ltd., 1985 Edition Co-Author: "The Deductibility of Professional Fees for the Preparation of Initial Franchise Documents," Franchise Legal Digest, 1984 Co-Author: "Drafting Pointer: Federal Income Tax Considerations in Establishing Pooled Advertising Funds," Franchise Legal Digest, 1984. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS (Current & Prior):. The District of Columbia Bar New York State Bar Association Member, Tax Section; Committee on Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers, 1988 - Present. Member, Tax Section; Committee on U.S. Activities of Foreign Taxpayers, 1988 - Present. Virginia State Bar American Bar Association International Bar Association Federal Bar Association Bar Association of the District of Columbia New York County Lawyers Association Erie County (NY) Bar Association National Italian-American Bar Association Temple Bar Foundation. * LexisNexis, The Knowledge Burst logo, Martindale-Hubbell and are registered trademarks, Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings is a trademark and is a service mark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc. AV®, BV® and CV® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. AV® Preeminent™ and BV® Distinguished™ are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.

Firm: Forster Law Firm

2007 Vermont Avenue, NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20001

Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning, Real Estate, Litigation, Estate Planning, Real Estate, Litigation

I am an attorney based in Washington, D.C. who opened up my own practice in early 2012. I focus on helping regular people work through challenges as their attorney.

Firm: Smith Appellate Law Firm PLLC

1717 Pennsylvania Ave NW Ste 1025 , Washington , District of Columbia 20006

Practice Areas: Appeals, Litigation

Firm: The Avakian Law Firm

2001 L Street, N.W. , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Employee Benefits, Appeals, Litigation

Mr. Avakian has argued cases before numerous federal trial courts, every United States Court of Appeal, and has successfully petitioned for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States.  Moreover, he has engaged in private arbitrations, federal administrative litigation, and adversary court litigation with private parties, the National Labor Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal Election Commission, Federal Labor Relations Authority, and the United States Department of Labor.. As former Associate Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, Mr. Avakian participated in the overall management of the Department at the Secretarial level and engaged in matters pertaining to policy and program coordination with its Agencies and Offices. He received broad guidance from the Deputy Secretary and analyzed and advised on the implications of proposed, new or revised policies, regulations, and legislative proposals, and assessed their impact on the private sector regulated communities. He led Departmental projects and consulted with senior management officials of the Department, regarding major initiatives, proposed legislation, changes in Departmental regulations, milestones to be achieved, cabinet level matters affecting the Department, and international trade.. He developed briefing papers on matters of economic concern for the Deputy Secretary in the formulation of Departmental policy. He carried out assignments involving contacts with Departmental officials of other Federal agencies for information and coordination of action.. Before and after returning to private practice, Mr. Avakian was a Partner in the Wimberly, Lawson & Avakian Law Firm, a nationally recognized law firm specializing in employment relations and labor law matters. Mr Avakian was also Vice-President to the Center on National Labor Policy, Inc., a non-profit legal foundation chartered to protect individual rights under federal labor law.. Mr. Avakian has testified on proposed legislation and suggested statutory language at the request of various congressional committees in both Houses of Congress, including the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Equal Access to Justice Act and the Senate Labor Subcommittee on the Freedom in the Workplace Act. He has also counseled clients during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on bills to amend the Hobb’s Anti-Extortion Act. In addition, Mr. Avakian has testified before the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the NLRB on changes to its representational regulations, and provided administrative comments on proposed regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act before the U.S. Department of Labor, and amicus curiae briefs to the NLRB.. Mr. Avakian has been recognized as a public policy expert in labor law by the Heritage Foundation, and has appeared on the NBC Today Show, Good Morning America, Nightwatch, Mcneil Lehrer News Hour, CNN News and quoted in the New York Times, the Washington Post. Mr. Avakian has testified on proposed legislation and suggested statutory language at the request of various congressional committees including the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Equal Access to Justice Act and the Senate Labor Subcommittee on the Freedom in the Workplace Act.  He has also counseled clients during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on bills to amend the Hobb’s Anti-Extortion Act.  In addition, Mr. Avakian has testified before the Federal Election Commission and National Labor Relations Board on proposed regulations affecting employers and labor organizations, has provided administrative comments on proposed regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act before the U.S. Department of Labor, and amicus curiae briefs to the National Labor Relations Board.

Firm: James & Hoffman, PC

1130 Connecticut Ave., NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

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.

Firm: The Law Office of Michael E. Kondoudis

1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20004

Practice Areas: Trademark Application, Patent Application, Litigation

+2500 Trademarks and Patents • Amazon Best-Selling Author • USPTO Registered Attorney • Member, US Supreme Court Bar • Expert at Navigating the USPTO

Firm: Metro One Loss Prevention Services Group

3000 Connecticut Ave NW , Washington, DC , District of Columbia 20008

Firm: Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, L.L.P.

1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W. , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Administrative Law, Intellectual Property

Firm: Stein IP LLC

1990 M St., NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Patent Application, Business, Intellectual Property, Copyright Application, Patent Infringement, Trademark Infringement, Trademark Application

Firm: Curtin Law Roberson Dunigan & Salans

1900 M Street Northwest Suite 600 , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Liles Parker, PLLC

2121 Wisconsin Ave NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20007

Practice Areas: Medicaid & Medicare

Firm: BAKER BOTTS LLP

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue N West , Washington , District of Columbia 20004

Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business

Firm: Simeone & Miller, LLP

1130 Connecticut Ave NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20036

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Car Accident, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Car Accidents

Michael Robinett works with Simeone & Miller, LLP as an attorney, of counsel, handling major personal injury cases involving premises liability, automobile accidents, and civil rights litigation. Admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of the District of Columbia and Maryland, Michael has litigated a variety of complex cases. He has secured some of the largest jury verdicts of those published in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, including the highest jury verdict in a 2012 auto accident case and the highest jury verdict in a 2014 premises liability case. Michael is a graduate of The George Washington University Law School, where he participated in the Street Law program and competed as a quarter-finalist in the Mock Trial Competition. To date, he has successfully obtained countless jury verdicts in excess of the insurance company’s final settlement offer. He also handles cases in the Court of Special Appeals in Maryland.   Office:

Firm: Abelson Law Firm

1717 K Street NW. , Washington , District of Columbia 20006

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Firm: The Law Office of Michael A. Troy PLLC

2121 Wisconsin Ave Suite 200 , Washington , District of Columbia 20007

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Family, Child Custody, Marriage & Prenuptials

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.

1875 Eye Street, N.W. , Washington , District of Columbia 20006

Practice Areas: White Collar Crime, Government, Litigation, Government, Litigation

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.