Mr. David Wachtel | Partner
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About David
David Wachtel joined Trister Ross on February 1, 2016. He has practiced employment law for employees in Washington, D.C. since 1993.
Mr. Wachtel's work includes trial court and administrative litigation, arbitration, and mediation. He has successfully represented employees with claims of race, sex, age, and disability discrimination, sexual harassment, violation of civil service rights, interference with FMLA rights, and retaliation on the basis of whistleblower activity in the nuclear, aviation, defense, and finance industries.
Washingtonian Magazine named Mr. Wachtel among the top lawyers in Washington in every survey between 2004 and 2013. He has also been listed consistently in Best Lawyers® and Super Lawyers.®
Mr. Wachtel's work includes trial court and administrative litigation, arbitration, and mediation. He has successfully represented employees with claims of race, sex, age, and disability discrimination, sexual harassment, violation of civil service rights, interference with FMLA rights, and retaliation on the basis of whistleblower activity in the nuclear, aviation, defense, and finance industries.
Washingtonian Magazine named Mr. Wachtel among the top lawyers in Washington in every survey between 2004 and 2013. He has also been listed consistently in Best Lawyers® and Super Lawyers.®
Experience
Partner
Bernabei & Wachtel, PLLC
2006-2016
Associate and Member
Rose & Rose, P.C.
1993-2005
Admission
District of Columbia
1991
California
1990
Maryland
1997
Education
Washington University in St. Louis
Bachelor
1984
Recognitions & Achievements
Associations
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Editorial Advisory Board of Wolters-Kluwer, CCH EMPLOYMENT LAW DAILY.
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Civil Pro Bono Panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA)
Notable Work
Publications
Articles:
Amended Disabilities Act Widens Protection, Policy & Practice: The Magazine of the American Public Human Services Association (February )
2009
Interactive Process for Hiring the Disabled, Policy & Practice: The Magazine of the American Public Human Services Association (September )
2007
What Does Broad New Definition of 'Retaliation' Mean to You? The HR Specialist's Employment Law (August )
2006
Sanctions for Deleting and Over-writing Electronic Information: Broccoli v. Echostar Communications Corp., Maryland State Bar Association, Section of Labor & Employment Law Newsletter (Winter )
2005
Perspective: Managing Your Employees' Emotional Disability Claims, You & the Law (June )
1999
Spotlighting: Shop Smart for Insurance Against Employee Bias Claims, You & the Law, (January )
1999
Spotlighting: Sexual Harassment: Supreme Court Says You're Safe If You Exercise "Reasonable Care." What Does That Mean? You & the Law (November )
1998
ations:
Present
Panelist, Addressing Smart Technology: Ethical & Evidentiary Issues, National Employment Lawyers Association, Annual Convention (6/)
2015
Panelist and Organizer, Smart Phone Discovery, Privacy, and Practice – A Braver Newish World, District of Columbia Bar, Labor & Employment Section (12/16/)
2014
Sexual Orientation and Identity in Employment Law, Audio Conference for West Legal Education Center (7/16/) (with Karen Tanenbaum, Esq.)
2014
Are You Smarter Than Your Cell Phone? Audio Conference for West Legal Education Center (6/10/) (with Matthew Radler, Esq.)
2014
Seminar on Issues in the Administration of Justice for the Tribunal of Justice of Rio de Janeiro, Litigating a Civil Case –Summary Judgment & Pretrial Issues, Washington, D.C. (11/13/)
2012
UAVs/Drones and Privacy Issues, Audio Conference for West Legal Education Center (8/8/)
2012
EEOC's Final ADAAA Regulations, Audio Conference for Law Seminars International, (6/22/)
2011
Age Discrimination–Supreme Court Spurs New Litigation (Plaintiff's Perspective) Audio Conference for (4/)
2005