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Michael L. Spekter - Silver Spring, MD
1100 Wayne AvenueSuite 900 Silver Spring, MD 20910- 5645
Gilbert Employment Law, P.C.
Silver Spring Federal Employment Law Including EEOC and MSPB Representation Lawyer
Overview
Michael Spekter was of counsel to Gilbert Employment Law and specialized in representing federal employees in employment and retirement related matters. He practiced extensively before the U.S...
Michael Spekter was of counsel to Gilbert Employment Law and specialized in representing federal employees in employment and retirement related matters. He practiced extensively before the U.S...
Michael Spekter was of counsel to Gilbert Employment Law and specialized in representing federal employees in employment and retirement related matters. He practiced extensively before the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as both the local and federal Courts of the District of Columbia and Maryland, and especially at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, where he was responsible for a number of federal seminal retirement cases which protect the rights of part time federal employees.
He graduated from Villanova University, Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Honors Program, and received his Juris Doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law, where he was a dean’s list student.
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Spekter was one of the original senior prosecuting attorneys for the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, and litigated numerous seminal federal whistleblower retaliation and Hatch Act cases in the federal government. He has also successfully litigated numerous D.C. whistleblower cases.
In addition to practicing law, Mr. Spekter was an adjunct professor at both the University of Baltimore School of Law and American University Washington College of Law where he taught courses on Law Practice Management. He also coaches the ABA employment law moot court team from The University of Baltimore Law School.
He was also an active member of the Law Practice Division of the American Bar Association, where he held a position on the Leadership Council, and as an associate editor to Law Practice, the magazine of the Law Practice Division, where he was a regular contributor.
Mr. Spekter began his legal career in Arizona as a Pima County Public Defender, in Tucson, Arizona. He was a member of the bars of Arizona, Maryland and the District of Columbia, the companion federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.
About Michael L. Spekter
Practice Areas
- Federal Employment Law Including EEOC and MSPB Representation
- Private Sector Employment Law -- Representing Primarily Employees
- Appellate Litigation
- Law Practice Management
- Employment Law
Litigation
- 100%
Current Employment Position(s)
- In Memoriam
Languages
- English
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Arizona, 1975
- Maryland, 1991
- District of Columbia, 1981
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1975
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1975
- U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- MWELA
- NELA
Education
- Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1975
Juris Doctor
Honors: Deans List - Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1971
Bachelors of Arts
Honors: cum laude
Major: Honors Program
Fraternities and Sororities
- Tau Kappa Epsilon
Past Positions
- U.S. Office of Special Counsel, Senior Prosecution Atty, 1979 - 1982
- Pima County Public Defenders Office, Tucson, Arizona, Supervisory Attorney, 1977 - 1979
Classes and Seminars
- Adjunct Professor - University of Baltimore Law School, 2004 - 2011
Office Information
Address
1100 Wayne AvenueSuite 900 Silver Spring, MD 20910- 5645
Phone
Fax
- (301) 608-0881
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Publication
Articles
- "The New Whistleblower Protection Act: Fine Tuning Disclosure Protection" Michael L. Spekter, Esq., Federal Merit Systems Reporter, Volume 89, Number 4E, May, 1989
- "Lawyers Lounge" Stuart Stiller Prize for Creative Writing by a Member of the D.C. Bar, The District Lawyer, 1989
- The Redbook, A Manual on Legal Style, Second Edition, Bryan A. Garner, Editor in Chief Black's Law Dictionary, Thomson-West
Representative Cases
- Raphael v. Okyiri, 740 A.2d 935 (D.C. 1999 )
- Zenian v. District of Columbia Office of Employee Appeals, 598 A.2d 1161 (D.C. 1991 )
- Berube v. General Services Administration, 820 F.2d 396 (Fed. Cir 1987 )
- A.Z. v. Tom Ridge, Director Department of Homeland Security
- $650,000 Jury Verdict Compensatory Damages for Violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 01-2358 GK (District of Columbia District Court 2004)
- John M. Killeen v. Office of Personnel Management
- Reversing OPM Determination of Retirement Benefits due to Federal Air Traffic Controllers who Mix Part Time and Full Time Work During their Federal Careers, 04-3033 (Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2004)
- Nichol v. Office of Personnel Management, AT-0842-06-0480-I-1
- Dalmas v. Office of Personnel Management, CH-8444E-08-0589-I-1
- Zojourner v. Brown, O1:CV:02358-GK
- Killeen v. OPM, 832 F.3rd 1316 (2004)
- Norton v. Veterans Administration, PH-0752-08-0442-I-1
- U.S. v. Y.H.S., 10-M-473 (BPG)
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