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Joseph V. Kaplan - Silver Spring, MD
8403 Colesville RoadSuite 1000 Silver Spring, MD 20910
Gilbert Employment Law, P.C.
Silver Spring U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board Lawyer
Overview
JOSEPH V. KAPLAN received his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 1975, and his Juris Doctor in 1978 from Gonzaga University. In 1979, Mr. Kaplan received a Master of Laws, LL.M. from the George Washington University National Law Center, specializing in Labor and Employment Law.
Mr. Kaplan's first position was with the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), where he was involved in labor litigation and negotiations...
JOSEPH V. KAPLAN received his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 1975, and his Juris Doctor in 1978 from Gonzaga University. In 1979, Mr. Kaplan received a Master of Laws, LL.M. from the George Washington University National Law Center, specializing in Labor and Employment Law.
Mr. Kaplan's first position was with the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), where he was involved in labor litigation and negotiations...
JOSEPH V. KAPLAN received his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 1975, and his Juris Doctor in 1978 from Gonzaga University. In 1979, Mr. Kaplan received a Master of Laws, LL.M. from the George Washington University National Law Center, specializing in Labor and Employment Law.
Mr. Kaplan's first position was with the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), where he was involved in labor litigation and negotiations. In 1986, Mr. Kaplan entered the private practice of law, concentrating in labor and employment law, as an associate with the firm of Passman & Broida. In January 1989, Mr. Kaplan opened his own legal practice under the name of Joseph V. Kaplan, P.C. By the end of that year, Messrs. Passman and Kaplan agreed to merge their firms under the name of Passman & Kaplan, P.C.
Mr. Kaplan continued to concentrate his practice in the areas of employment, labor, and discrimination law. While primarily representing Federal and D.C. Government employees and labor unions of the Federal and District of Columbia Governments, he also represented private sector employees. Mr. Kaplan's practice involved litigation in the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the D.C. Court of Appeals and the D.C. Superior Court, and such administrative agencies as the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA), the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), the Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP), the D.C. Human Rights Commission (DCHRC), the D.C. Office of Employee Appeals (OEA), and numerous arbitrators. In 2005, Mr. Kaplan obtained a jury verdict of $3M for a P&K client in a disability rights law suit against the U.S. Department of Commerce.
In addition to practicing law, Mr. Kaplan was a frequent lecturer at professional seminars concerning various labor and employment law topics.
Mr. Kaplan also served on the faculty of Central Michigan University, where he taught a graduate economics course on Collective Bargaining and Labor Law. He was twice elected as the National President of the Society of Federal Labor and Employee Relations Professionals (SFLERP) and was active in various professional organizations, such as the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and the Washington Metropolitan Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA). Mr. Kaplan had written a number of published articles concerning federal labor relations, and for six years was the author of the Federal Merit Systems Year Book, a leading reference book on the Merit Systems Protection Board, published by the Labor Relations Press. Moreover, Mr. Kaplan was the lead editor and co-author of the Federal Employees Legal Survival Guide, and was co-author of Litigating Federal Sector Employee and Labor Disputes: A Practitioner's Handbook by Dewey Publications. Mr. Kaplan had also served as a court-certified expert witness on MSPB procedures in U.S. District Court. In 2008 he was selected to be a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Inc.
Mr. Kaplan was an active member of the bars of the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland.
About Joseph V. Kaplan
Practice Areas
- U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Federal Courts
- Federal Labor Relations Authority
- Department of Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals
- U.S. Office of Special Counsel
Current Employment Position(s)
- In Memoriam
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia, 1981
- Pennsylvania, 1978
- Maryland, 1992
- U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1992
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1979
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1981
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1996
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2014
Other Affiliations
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association
- Society of Federal Labor and Employee Relations Specialists
Education
- George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1979
LL.M.
Major: Labor Law - Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, Washington, 1978
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude - Pennsylvania State University, 1975
B.A.
Major: Political Science
Pro Bono Activities
- Hexagon
- Musical Theater Center, 1992 to 2006
- Whitman-Walker Clinic, 2006 to Present
Achievements
Honors
- “AV” Rated
- Washingtonian Magazine – Washington’s Best Lawyers, 2004, 2011, 2013 and 2015
Office Information
Address
8403 Colesville RoadSuite 1000 Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone
Fax
- 301-608-0881
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Websites
Publication
Representative Cases
- Bremer v. Evans, 1:03-CV-01338 (JR), 2005, D.D.C.
- Dong v. Smithsonian Institution, 943 F.Supp 69, 1996, D.D.C.
- Various AFGE Locals
- Fraternal Order of Police Government Printing Office
- National Labor Relations Board Union
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