Alan Lescht | Washington D.C. Employment Lawyer

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.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
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

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
St. John's University School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1987
George Washington University	B.A.		1984

State / Court	Date
New York	1998
Maryland	1996
District Of Columbia	1994
Florida	1989

• 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

• 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

• 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.
• 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.

• 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
  

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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
(1989) Licensed as Attorney in Florida. Verified with State Bar of Florida.	January 13, 2017
(1998) Licensed as Attorney in New York. Verified with New York State Unified Court System.	January 13, 2017
(1994) Licensed as Attorney in District of Columbia. Verified with District of Columbia Bar.	January 13, 2017
(1996) Licensed as Attorney in Maryland. Verified with Maryland State Bar Association.	January 13, 2017

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