The 2026 listing of leading Employee-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 employee representation focus and who have been identified by the city’s employment lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Lisa Banks, Katz Banks Kumin
Carla Brown, Charlson Bredehoft Cohen Brown & Nadelhaft
Adam Augustine Carter, The Employment Law Group
Elaine Charlson Bredehoft, Charlson Bredehoft Cohen Brown & Nadelhaft
Stephen Chertkof, Heller Huron Chertkof & Salzman
Linda Correia, Correia & Puth
Debra Katz, Katz Banks Kumin
Avi Kumin, Katz Banks Kumin
R. Scott Oswald, The Employment Law Group
Jonathan Puth, Correia & Puth
Richard Salzman, Heller Huron Chertkof & Salzman
Joseph Sellers, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Nicholas Woodfield, The Employment Law Group
Philip Zipin, Zipin, Amster & Greenberg
Leading
Michael Amster, Zipin, Amster & Greenberg
Lynne Bernabei, Bernabei & Kabat
Subhashini Bollini, Correia & Puth
John Cook, Cook Legal Solutions
Broderick Dunn, Dunn, Craig & Francuzenko
Joshua Erlich, The Erlich Law Office
Elaine Fitch, Kalijarvi Chuzi Newman & Fitch
Gregg Greenberg, Zipin, Amster & Greenberg
Deepak Gupta, Gupta Wessler
Howard Hoffman, Howard B. Hoffman, Attorney at Law
Mary Kuntz, Kalijarvi Chuzi Newman & Fitch
Gregory McGillivary, McGillivary Steele Elkin
Cyrus Mehri, Mehri & Skalet
Tom Spiggle, The Spiggle Law Firm
Christine Webber, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Recommended
Kristen Alden, Alden Law Group
Michael Anderson, Murphy Anderson
Jon Ates, Ates Law Firm
Katherine Atkinson, Atkinson Law Group
Andrew Bakaj, Compass Rose Legal Group
John Berry, Berry & Berry
Saba Bireda, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight
Kellee Boulais Kruse, The Employment Law Group
David Cashdan, Cashdan & Kane
Debra D’Agostino, Federal Practice Group
Rosemary Dettling, Federal Employee Legal Services Center
Christine Dunn, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight
Molly Elkin, McGillivary Steele Elkin
Sharon Fast Gustafson, Law Office of Sharon Fast Gustafson
Yaida Ford, Ford Law Pros
Gary Gilbert, Gilbert Employment Law
Victor Glasberg, Victor M. Glasberg & Associates
Paul Green, Mooney, Green, Saindon, Murphy & Welch
Mark Hanna, Murphy Anderson
Cathy Harris, Correia & Puth
Adam Herzog, Herzog Employment Law
Steven Hoffman, James & Hoffman
Edgar James, James & Hoffman
Alan Kabat, Bernabei & Kabat
Kathleen Keller, Bredhoff & Kaiser
Paul Kiyonaga, Kiyonaga & Soltis
Kathy Krieger, James & Hoffman
Bruce Lerner, Bredhoff & Kaiser
Alan Lescht, Alan Lescht & Associates
H. Vincent McKnight Jr, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight
Omar Melehy, Melehy & Associates
John Mooney, Mooney, Green, Saindon, Murphy & Welch
Kate Mueting, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight
Adam Nadelhaft, Charlson Bredehoft Cohen Brown & Nadelhaft
Kevin Owen, Gilbert Employment Law
Peter Romer-Friedman, Peter Romer-Friedman Law
Alexis Ronickher, Katz Banks Kumin
Debra Roth, Shaw Bransford & Roth
Elizabeth ASaindon, Mooney, Green, Saindon, Murphy & Welch
Judith Scott, James & Hoffman
Diane Seltzer, Seltzer Law Firm
Joshua Shiffrin, Bredhoff & Kaiser
Debra Soltis, Kiyonaga & Soltis
Harini Srinivasan, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Douglas Steele, McGillivary Steele Elkin
Michael Vogelsang, The Employment Law Group
David Wachtel, Trister, Ross, Schadler & Gold
Jessica Westerman, Katz Banks Kumin
Carolyn Wheeler, Katz Banks Kumin
Peter Whelan, District Employment Law
Ari Wilkenfeld, The Wilkenfeld Law Group
Donna Williams Rucker, Tully Rinckey
Mark Zaid, Mark S. Zaid PC
Jason Zuckerman, Zuckerman Law