Alan Lescht | Washington D.C. Employment Lawyer

Alan Lescht

Alan Lescht

Employment, Employment Contracts, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Sexual Harassment, Employee Rights, Retaliation Cases, Employment Disputes, Arbitration and Mediation, Employment Law Consultations, Whistleblower Claims, Obamacare: The Affordable Care Act, EEO/MSPB, Security Clearance, IG investigations, Disciplinary Actions, Federal Employee counselling

Language(s): English | Spanish

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About Alan

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 12-lawyer employment litigation and counseling practices.

Lescht has written extensively on employment law and been quoted in the Washington Post, Federal Employees News Digest, Lawyers.com, National Public Radio, CBS and ABC.

Mr. Lescht is an active member of the American Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association, the National Employment Lawyers Association, and the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association.

Mr. Lescht received a Bachelor of Arts degree, from George Washington University and he received a J.D. degree, from St. John's University. Mr. Lescht practiced in New York with Dreyer & Traub and later with Reid & Priest, in New York and Washington, DC, before founding his firm.

I have an hourly fee of $200-$400/hour. I also have a 33%-40% contingency fee.

Experience

Managing Partner

Alan Lescht and Associates, PC

1996 - Present

Attorney

Reid & Priest

1989 - 1996

Associate

Dreyer and Traub

1988 - 1989

Associate/Summer Associate

Goetz, Fitzpatrick & Flynn

1986 - 1988

Admission

Verified New York

1998

Verified Maryland

1996

Verified District Of Columbia

1994

Verified Florida

1989

Education

George Washington University

B.A.

1984

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Member | National Employment Lawyers Association
  • Member | American Bar Association
  • Member | Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association
  • Member | District of Columbia Bar Association
  • Member | Maryland Bar Association
Honors / Awards
  • Featured in Top Ten Leaders
  • Featured in Washingtonian Top Lawyer
  • Featured in Three Best Rated Employment Lawyers
  • Featured in Newsweek
  • Featured in American Lawyer Magazine

Notable Work

Cases

Weller v. GSA

MSPB Docket 0752-12-0519-I-1 (2014) We won a trial before the MSPB on behalf of former GSA Region 7 Commissioner James Weller. MSPB ruled in favor of our client, James Weller, former Region 7 Commissioner of the General Services Administration, who lost his job following the Western Regions Las Vegas Conference scandal, cleared him of alleged wrongdoing, reinstated him to his former job and awarded 19 months' back pay, in a decision issued by MSPB administrative judge Ronald Weiss following a trial held last July. Finding that GSA had failed to prove any of its four contentions that Mr. Weller engaged in conduct unbecoming a federal employee in regards to the planning of the Western Regions Las Vegas conference, MSPB administrative law judge Ronald Weiss reversed GSA's decision to terminate Mr. Weller's employment and ordered that he be returned to work with19 months' back pay.

Campbell v. District of Columbia

Case 1:12-cv-01769-RC (United States District Court for the District of Columbia) On December 11, 2015, a federal jury awarded $555,000 in back pay and other damages to our client, Jennifer B. Campbell, former Chief Operating Officer of the D.C. Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF). We proved that the DHCF violated Ms. Campbell's due process rights by reporting negative allegations to the media before discussing these issues with her.

Publications

American Bar Association Journal Pregnancy Law

2017


Monster.com 10 Considerations Before Signing an Employment Contract

2011


Federal Employees News Digest Staub v. Proctor: A Key Victory for Employees' Rights

2011


FederalDaily.com Dual Role of Caregiver and Employee: Know Your Rights

2011


TBD.Com Throwing Stuff at Women: The New Sexual Harassment?

2010


TBD.Com Old Guys Sought for Legal Challenge to Sexist Job Ad

2010


Alan Lescht & Associates PC Highlights

Employment Discrimination, Employment Contracts, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Employee Rights, Retaliation Cases, Employment Disputes, Arbitration and Mediation, Employment Law Consultations, Whistleblower Claims, Obamacare: The Affordable Care Act

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Languages: English, Spanish