The 2026 listing of leading Employer-focused Washington DC Employment Lawyers details attorneys practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters across the greater Washington DC legal market whose practice has a strong employer representation focus and who have been identified by the city’s employment lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Paul DeCamp, Epstein Becker Green
Eric Dreiband, Jones Day
David Fortney, FortneyScott
Edward Lee Isler, Isler Dare
Deborah Kelly, Manatt
Philip Miscimarra, Morgan Lewis
Eugene Scalia, Gibson Dunn
Jason Schwartz, Gibson Dunn
Grace Speights, Morgan Lewis
Leading
Johnine Barnes, Greenberg Traurig
Maurice Baskin, Littler
Connie Bertram, Bertram LLP
Theresa Connolly, Fisher Phillips
Daniel Farrington, Fisher Phillips
Jonathan Fritts, Morgan Lewis
Douglas Hall, Jones Day
Brian Hayes, Ogletree Deakins
Linda Jackson, ArentFox Schiff
Harry Johnson, Morgan Lewis
Elizabeth Lalik, Littler
Michael Lorenger, Lorenger & Carnell
James Murphy, Ogletree Deakins
Thomas Murphy, Jackson Lewis
Daniel Nash, Littler
Robert Niccolini, Ogletree Deakins
Eric Paltell, Isler Dare
Carson Sullivan, Paul Hastings
Recommended
Jason Branciforte, Littler
Guy Brenner, Proskauer
Maureen Carr, Bean, Kinney & Korman
Thomas Chiavetta, Jones Day
Helenanne Connolly, Cooley
Joseph Damato, Seyfarth Shaw
Nancy Delogu, Littler
Nathaniel Glasser, Epstein Becker Green
David Greenspan, McGuireWoods
Susanne Harris Carnell, Lorenger & Carnell
Joon Hwang, Littler
Brooke Iley, Blank Rome
George Ingham, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Sydney Jones Lampard, King & Spalding
Julia Jordan, Sullivan & Cromwell
Aparna Joshi, O’Melveny
Jay Krupin, BakerHostetler
Jean Kuei, Pillsbury
Esther Lander, Orrick
Declan Leonard, Berenzweig Leonard
Robert Lian Jr, Akin
Thomas Lucas, Littler
William Martucci, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Thomas McCally, Carr Maloney
Michael McIntosh, Littler
Kris Meade, Crowell & Moring
Frank Morris, Epstein Becker Green
Donald Munro, Jones Day
Bryan O’Keefe, Seyfarth Shaw
Nathan Oleson, Littler
John Remy, Jackson Lewis
John Ring, Morgan Lewis
Joseph Santucci, Stinson
Kerry Alan Scanlon, McDermott Will & Schulte
Jeremy Schneider, Jackson Lewis
Michael Stevens, ArentFox Schiff
Tony Torain, McDermott Will & Schulte
Joshua Waxman, Littler
Jeremy White, McDermott Will & Schulte
Kevin White, Hunton Andrews Kurth