Gary M. Gilbert P.C. - Government Employment Law - Federal Employee - MSPB Retirement - Attorney - Lawyer

In May 2005, Gary Gilbert opened his practice in Silver Spring, Maryland. Prior to the opening of Gary M. Gilbert, PC, Mr. Gilbert was "Of Counsel" to the Washington DC employment law firm of Passman & Kaplan, P.C., from February 11, 2002 through December 31, 2005. Immediately prior to this position, Mr. Gilbert was the Chief Administrative Judge in the Baltimore District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In that position he supervised the conduct of administrative hearings held pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Judge Gilbert is a member of the Labor and Employment Section Council of the Maryland Bar Association. He has spoken and written extensively on various aspects of employment discrimination law and has been active in the Commission's training for Administrative Judges in the federal sector and in training on the Americans with Disabilities Act for investigators and attorneys in the private sector. Recently he served on the Commission’s inter-office workgroup responsible for coordinating the implementation of the proposed revisions to the Commission’s regulations. His most recent publication, titled “Compensatory Damages and Other Remedies in Federal Sector Employment Discrimination Cases” is an exhaustive review of the damages available to victims of employment discrimination.

Prior to his years with the EEOC, Administrative Judge Gilbert was a project director with Florida Rural Legal Services (F.R.L.S.), one of the largest legal services programs in the country. He briefly served as the Acting Executive Director for Florida Rural Legal Services. He also spent several years with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a legal assistant to the Secretary of the Commission. He is admitted to the bar in the States of Maryland and Florida.

Linda A. Kincaid, Esq.

Of Counsel, Linda Kincaid works as a senior attorney with the Law Offices of Gary M. Gilbert, P.C. She also serves as an Appellate Judge and Hearing Officer for the Office of Compliance, U.S. Congress. She is a member of the Bars of the States of Georgia and Maryland and of the District of Columbia. She also is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and a number of federal courts. She is certified as a Mediator in Maryland

For 21 years, from 1984 through February 2005 when she retired from the EEOC, Ms. Kincaid served as an Administrative Judge. While employed by the EEOC, she adjudicated hundreds of individual discrimination cases, conducting hearings and mediations and rendering Decisions on those cases filed under the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Equal Pay Act and the Rehabilitation Act. Additionally, while at the EEOC, Ms. Kincaid presided over significant class action cases resulting in Settlements awarding millions of dollars and benefits for members of the classes and significant modifications to policies of employers. Ms. Kincaid also has conducted training of administrators and attorneys in the federal and private sectors. In addition, she serves as a Director of the Federal Employment Law Training Group, Inc.

Alesia Peterson, Esq.

Managing Attorney, Alesia Peterson is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the state of Illinois (inactive), as well as, before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Ms Peterson graduated from American University’s Washington College of Law and also holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Prior to joining Gary M. Gilbert & Associates, Ms. Peterson worked in the Office of Unfair Import Investigations at the International Trade Commission as a staff attorney. Her private practice experience includes patent law litigation with the law firm of Cushman, Darby & Cushman, and patent prosecution with the law firm of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner.

Kevin Owen, Esq.

Associate Attorney, Kevin Owen is admitted to practice law in the state of Maryland and before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Owen graduated with honors from American University’s Washington College of Law and also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Criminal Justice. While in law school, Mr. Owen served as the Note & Comment Editor for the American Bar Association’s Administrative Law Review and was the recipient of the Don Monroe Casto Award for Outstanding Constitutional Scholarship.

Prior to joining the practice with the Law Offices of Gary M. Gilbert & Associates, Mr. Owen served as a law clerk for the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and for the Office of General Counsel of the National Employees Treasury Union (NTEU).

Lei Hart, Esq.

Associate attorney, LeiLani J. Hart is admitted to practice law in the state of Maryland and before the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Ms. Hart graduated with honors from American University’s Washington College of Law and also holds a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science from George Washington University where she played Division I basketball. While in law school, Ms. Hart worked on the Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law. She is a member of the Maryland Bar Association.

Ms. Hart assisted Mr. Gilbert in researching and writing portions of the 2008 EEO Update, for which Mr. Gilbert serves as the primary author.

Katherine R. Atkinson, Esq.

Associate Attorney, Katherine R. Atkinson is admitted to practice law in the state of Maryland and before the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Ms. Atkinson graduated from American University’s Washington College of Law and also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. While in law school, Ms. Atkinson served as a note and comment mentor for the Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law and interned for the Honorable Gerald Bruce Lee in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Ms. Atkinson is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Baltimore’s School of Law and an Adjunct Instructor with the Federal Employment Law Training Group, as well as, a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, and the American Bar Association. She assisted with the writing of several of Mr. Gilbert’s books, including the Disability Discrimination Law Deskbook and Compensatory Damages and Other Remedies in Federal Sector Employment Discrimination Cases.

In 2006, Ms. Atkinson played an instrumental role in a ground-breaking Department of Agriculture victory in a sexual harassment case. Ms. Atkinson’s argument that the Agency was entitled to the Farragher/Ellerth affirmative defense was successful on summary judgment before an administrative judge and on appeal to the Commission (EEOC Appeal No. 01A60388).

In 2007, Ms. Atkinson co-authored an article analyzing the various county employment discrimination statutes in Maryland for Trial Reporter, the publication of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association.

Benjamin E. Wick, Esq.

Of Counsel, Benjamin Wick is admitted to practice law in the states of Maryland and Colorado. Mr. Wick graduated Magna Cum Laude from American University’s Washington College of Law and also holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado. He is a member of the Maryland Bar Association and Colorado Bar Association, as well as, the Colorado Bar Association Civil Rights Committee.

Stephanie Herrera, Esq.

Associate Attorney, Stephanie Herrera is admitted to practice law in the state of Maryland. Ms. Herrera graduated from American University’s Washington College of Law with honors and also holds a B. A. in Political Science and a minor in Speech Communications from Texas A&M University. While in law school, Ms. Herrera participated in the law school’s first Disability Rights Law Clinic. Originally from the Republic of Panama, she is fluent in Spanish.

Ms. Herrera jointly oversees the law clerk, intern, and extern programs at Gary M. Gilbert & Associates with Ms. Sumner. If you are a college or law student interested in such a position, please submit a resume, cover letter, and sample to her or Ms. Sumner.

Deryn Sumner, Esq.

Associate Attorney, Deryn Sumner is admitted to practice law in the state of Maryland and before the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Ms. Sumner graduated from American University’s Washington College of Law and also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Southern California. While in law school, Ms. Sumner served as a note and comment editor on the Administrative Law Review, as well as co-chair of the Labor and Employment Law Society.

Ms. Sumner is an Assistant Editor of the 2nd Edition of the Federal Sector Disability Discrimination Law Deskbook and contributed to the 3rd edition of Mr. Gilbert’s textbook, Compensatory Damages and Other Remedies in Federal Sector Employment Discrimination Cases, as well as the 2007 and 2008 EEO Updates, published by Dewey Publications. Ms. Sumner has assisted the Federal Employment Law Training Group and Mr. Gilbert in training Agency EEO, Employment Relations and Human Resources personnel.

Ms. Sumner jointly oversees the law clerk, intern, and extern programs at Gary M. Gilbert & Associates with Ms. Herrera. If you are a college or law student interested in such a position, please submit a resume, cover letter, and sample to her or Ms. Herrera.

Sebrina Nailah Bush, Esq.

Of Counsel, Sebrina Bush is admitted to practice law in the state of Maryland. Ms. Bush graduated from American University’s Washington College of Law and also holds a Bachelor of Arts in finance from Howard University. Prior legal practice includes a clerkship for Judge R. Michael Mullins in the Denver District Court.

Julie Rook, Esq.

Associate Attorney, Julie Rook is admitted to practice law in the state of Maryland. Ms. Rook graduated from American University’s Washington College of Law and also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Purdue University where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa. While in law school, Ms. Rook served as a senior staff member on the American University International Law Review.

Shannon Leary, Esq.

Associate Attorney, Shannon Leary is admitted to practice law in the state of Maryland. Ms. Leary graduated with honors from American University’s Washington College of Law and also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Villanova University. While in law school, Ms. Leary served as the Senior Staff Editor for The Modern American. She has also assisted with Federal Employment Law Training Group seminars.

Noah Schabacker, Esq.

Associate Attorney, Noah Schabacker is admitted to practice law in the state of Maryland. Mr. Schabacker graduated with honors from American University’s Washington College of Law and also holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Mr. Schabacker has designed and taught courses at the secondary and post-secondary level, most recently as a member of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Education Project at the Washington College of Law, where he taught Constitutional Law to Washington, DC high school students. He has also assisted with Federal Employment Law Training Group seminars.

Compensatory Damages & Other Remedies in Federal Sector Employment Discrimination
Cases, 2007.

By Gary M. Gilbert

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A MUST Read!
In this newly revised and updated edition, Gary M. Gilbert reviews significant new developments affecting back pay and damage awards, and he analyzes recent trends in awarding damages from the EEOC, MSPB and federal courts.