Washington DC Lawyers

Former Senior Vice President of Toyota Motor North America, in charge of legal affairs, accounting, administration, corporate communications, industry & government affairs, research & planning, and the Latin American research & customer service group.

Adam Carter is a founding principal at The Employment Law Group law firm. Known for his deft touch in high-stakes negotiations, Mr. Carter frequently helps executives to reach favorable agreements with their companies at pivotal career moments such as hiring, promotion, and separation. He is also a seasoned courtroom advocate who has won numerous cases at trial and on appeal. He represents clients who bring claims against their employers for wrongful termination, retaliation, and discrimination of all sorts. Mr. Carter has strong experience representing service members, veterans, and employees at higher educational institutions. Among his notable outcomes for clients: - An $819,000...

Lauren A. Khouri is an associate attorney with Correia & Puth, PLLC, dedicating her practice to the civil rights of employees in the workplace. Ms. Khouri represents clients in all aspects of the firm’s litigation practice, including sex discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, disability discrimination, and retaliation claims under Title IX, which bans sex discrimination in education. Her work also includes fighting pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment, and other types of discrimination and retaliation prohibited by state and federal civil rights statutes.

Described by clients as "exceptional" and "a true lawyer's lawyer", Alan Lescht has long been recognized as one of the best employment lawyers in Washington, DC. Newsweek Magazine, Washingtonian Magazine, Super Lawyers and Top Ten Leaders Program have featured Alan as one of the top employment lawyers in Washington, DC. Alan Lescht has been successfully litigating employment discrimination, civil rights, and commercial litigation cases for more than 25 years. He is a founding partner of Alan Lescht and Associates, PC, where he oversees the firm's employment litigation and counseling practices. Lescht has written extensively on employment law and...

Calvin Umezurike, Esq. is the principal attorney of Umez Law Firm PLLC. He is admitted to practice law before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Palau Supreme Court, Executive Office of Immigration Review (Immigration Court), Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and Court of International Trade (CIT). Calvin is also a Department of Veterans Affairs accredited attorney. He is licensed to practice law before the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Calvin is an active member in good standing of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

For over three decades, Jerry has litigated civil trial and appellate cases in federal courts throughout the United States. He has been lead appellate counsel in well over 100 appeals in the federal courts and has significant Supreme Court experience. He is one of the very few attorneys who has presented oral argument in all 13 federal circuit courts of appeals.
Jerry earned his J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Dayton School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. He also earned an LL.M. degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in securities and financial...

I practice excluseively in the area of international trade regulation law, including antidumping, countervailing duties, export control, WTO matters, and especially international enforcement of intellectual property rights, including anticounterfeiting and antidiversion.

Amy has handled a variety of cases over the years, including criminal matters, such as fraud, money laundering, criminal tax evasion and fraud, racketeering, civil disorder, obstruction of justice, hate crimes, theft of governmental information, threats, computer crimes, and firearms crimes. Her primary practice areas are white collar and national security law.

Some clients ask for “a lawyer who’s a pit bull.” Pit bulls do one thing well – but when they attack, you have to hope they’re attacking the right person, at the right time. I do a lot of different things. I’m a litigator and a negotiator. I listen. Then I tell the true stories of my clients. I pay scrupulous attention to financial details, realistically assess available options, innovate strategies and execute them. And when the circumstances really call for it, I bite someone. I've been recognized as...

Panagiotis is an immigration and corporate law attorney. He focuses his practice on representing diverse corporate and private clients, ranging from established leaders in their industries to small start-up companies and individuals.  He counsels his clients on immigration issues (employment, family and investment-based petitions), as well as on corporate matters (formation, registration and business transactions).

Marc Chafetz, Esq. is a prominent lawyer with over thirty years of experience. A graduate of the University of Virginia’s School of Law where he served as an Editor of the Virginia International Law Journal, Mr. Chafetz clerked for Federal District Judge Albert V. Bryan, Jr. Mr. Chafetz then joined the DC office of the large international law firm Fulbright & Jaworski, now Norton Rose Fulbright, where he engaged in complex litigation, including class action, and white collar criminal defense work. Subsequently, he joined the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. While there, he was involved in many prominent cases, including the...

My primary motivation is to do right by my clients. My clients trust me with their livelihoods and, at times, with their freedoms. I take their trust seriously and strive to be the best advocate and counsel for them. I am analytical and steadfast in the way I handle a case. Clients usually come to us when they go through some of the most difficult times of their lives. Sometimes, they feel overwhelmed and scared. If I am overwhelmed and scared, they will not feel safe with me. I look at the facts; I look at the problems; and I immediately...

Radi Dennis practices consumer protection law serving District of Columbia and California consumers in debt collection actions, repossession, foreclosure defense, student loans, credit report errors auto fraud, warranty law and lemon law.

Michael Ellement represents workers and their unions in a variety of matters. He has experience advising clients on workplace conflicts and negotiating settlement agreements, including in cases involving unlawful discrimination, harassment, pay inequity, and whistleblower retaliation. He has litigated cases through trial and on appeal, and has briefed and argued cases in courts across the country.

Prior to joining James & Hoffman, Mr. Ellement was an Associate at Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC where he represented clients in employment and civil rights matters. Before that, he served as an attorney with the National Labor Relations Board in the Office of General Counsel....

Dr. Balta is a member of the New York and District of Columbia Bar and has a PhD in Public Administration and Policy with a focus on Space, Science and Technology from George Washington University, a Law Degree from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, an LLM in Litigation and Dispute Resolution from George Washington University, a Bachelors Degree in International Affairs and a Masters Degree in International Law and Policy from American University in Washington DC. Her culturally, academically and professionally diverse background (having been born and raised in Greece, lived in the United States, England and...