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Overview
Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, is a boutique law firm representing employees in all aspects of their employment, from negotiating and drafting employment contracts to representation of employees when their employer has terminated them for discrimination or illegal reasons. We also represent whistleblowers who report illegal and unethical activity of their employers.
The law firm is nationally recognized for its expertise in the areas of employment law and civil rights matters...
Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, is a boutique law firm representing employees in all aspects of their employment, from negotiating and drafting employment contracts to representation of employees when their employer has terminated them for discrimination or illegal reasons. We also represent whistleblowers who report illegal and unethical activity of their employers.
The law firm is nationally recognized for its expertise in the areas of employment law and civil rights matters. We have successfully represented thousands of employees in both the private and public sectors. Many of the firm's clients have experienced some form of discrimination or harassment in the workplace. We have also successfully negotiated for advocacy groups and charities who have been unfairly treated by the U.S. government.
Our attorneys are passionate about what they do. We are willing to take on difficult cases and have achieved excellent results. We provide the breadth and depth of experience of a large law firm with the personalized attention of a boutique law firm.
Experienced legal counsel can play a critical role in helping you understand your legal rights in the workplace. At the law firm of Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, we believe, as Frederick Douglass so eloquently stated in 1857, that "if there is no struggle, there is no progress" and "power concedes nothing without a challenge. It never did and never will."
About Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Whistle Blower Claims
Litigation
- 70%
Languages
- Spanish
- Italian
Previous Law Firm Name
- Bernabei & Wachtel, PLLC, 2/06 -1/16
Classes and Seminars
- Social Media discovery, National Employment Lawyers Association, - 2017
- Expert Witnesses, American Bar Association, - 2015
Pro Bono Activities
- Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law (amicus brief), 2017 - Present
- Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (amicus briefs), 2009 - Present
People
Attorneys
- Alan Kabat (Partner)
- Kelsey Sarah Speyer (Associate Attorney)
- Lynne Bernabei (Partner)
- Jacob Wells Wohl (Civil Rights Litigation Fellow)
Staff
- Linda Eby, Firm Administrator, 202-745-1942
- Patricia Branch, Office Manager, 202-745-1942
Office Information
Address
1400 16th Street, NWSuite 500 Washington, DC 20036
Phone
Fax
- 202-745-2627
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Websites
Achievements
Lawyers at Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC selected for a Super Lawyers® list
- Bernabei, Lynne On a Super Lawyers® List
- Kabat, Alan On a Super Lawyers® List
Honors
- American Psychological Association, Presidential Citation, 2006
- Best Lawyers, 2006 - 2017
Published
Articles
- Washington, DC Employment Law Attorneys
Bernabei & Wachtel represents individuals in all aspects of their employment relationships. - Washington, DC Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Matters Lawyers
Bernabei & Wachtel represents plaintiffs in civil rights and civil liberties matters, including: Free speech violations, Due process violations, Equal protection violations and many others. - Washington, DC Sexual Harassment Law Attorneys
In the wake of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, counsel can play a critical role in helping employees understand not only their legal rights to work in harassment-free work environments. - Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
We provide legal commentary and analysis about sexual harassment issues for all of the major television and radio networks, cable news shows and print media. We are nationally recognized as experts in the area of sexual harassment law. - Washington, DC Whistle Blower Lawyers
The Firm is nationally recognized for its successful representation of whistleblowers in government agencies, nuclear power plants, financial institutions, and other institutions. - Washington, DC Employment Law Attorneys
- Washington, DC Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Matters Lawyers
- Washington, DC Sexual Harassment Law Attorneys
- Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
- Washington, DC Whistle Blower Lawyers
- What’s Next for Whistleblowers, National Law Journal, Nov. 28, 2016
- The Never Ending War on Federal Whistleblowers, Government Executive, Feb. 12, 2016
- Law Firms Penalizing Departing Partners? – That Goes Straight to the Penalty Box!, Practical Lawyer, October, 2015
- Ethical Duties and Standards in Disqualifying, Retaining, and Communicating with Expert Witnesses, The Brief (ABA), 43(1), 2013
- Protect Whistleblowers, National Law Journal, March 16, 2009
Representative Cases
- Carter v. Fannie Mae, 2014 WL 4212622 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014)
- Wang v. Phoenix Satellite TV, 976 F. Supp. 2d 527 (S.D.N.Y. 2013)
- Al Haramain v. U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, 686 F.3d 965 (Ninth Circuit 2012)
- Kind Hearts v. Geithner, 710 F. Supp. 2d 637 (N.D. Ohio 2010)
- Zelaya v. UNICCO Services, 733 F.Supp.2d 121 (D.D.C. 2010)
- Moran v. NFL Players, Inc., 137 Daily Wash. L. Rep. 2673 (D.C. Super. Ct. 2009)
- Hitchcock v. Democratic Natl. Comm., 136 Daily Wash. L. Rep. 1205 (D.C. Super. Ct. 2008)
- Lerner v. District of Columbia, 362 F. Supp. 2d 149 (D.D.C. 2005)
- Bowles v. NAHB, 224 F.R.D. 246 (D.D.C. 2004)
- Field v. Philadelphia Electric Co., 388 Pa. Super. 400 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1989)
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