Employment Law Practice Areas

Employment Law Attorney Serving DC and Maryland

Wilkenfeld Law Office represents employees across the full range of workplace legal issues, from discrimination and harassment to executive contract negotiation, wage disputes, whistleblower retaliation, and the distinctive rules that apply to federal and other government employees. Explore our practice areas below.

Explore Our Employment Law Practice Areas

Discrimination

Comprehensive coverage of every major protected trait under DC, Maryland, and federal law — including age, race, religion, disability, national origin, pregnancy, sex, marital status, family responsibilities, political affiliation, and genetic information — with jurisdiction-specific guidance for DC, Maryland, and federal employees throughout.

Sexual Harassment

The legal doctrine behind quid pro quo and hostile work environment claims, employer liability under Faragher-Ellerth, retaliation protections, and jurisdiction-specific rules for DC, Maryland, and federal employees.

Reasonable Accommodation Process

A practical, step-by-step guide to how the accommodation process actually works — for disability, religious, and pregnancy-related requests — including what documentation your employer can require and what happens if a request is denied.

Executive Employment Contracts

Non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality and NDA provisions, executive compensation issues including SEC clawback exposure, and arbitration clauses — the terms that matter most in negotiating or reviewing an executive-level employment agreement.

Whistleblower Protection

A guide to the patchwork of federal and state whistleblower laws — including SOX, Dodd-Frank, the False Claims Act, OSHA’s twenty-plus administered statutes, and DC and Maryland’s own wrongful termination protections.

Wage and Hour

Minimum wage, overtime, and exempt classification issues under federal, DC, and Maryland law — including DC’s status as the highest minimum wage in the country, Maryland’s county-based wage complexity, and independent contractor misclassification.

Family and Medical Leave

Federal FMLA, DC’s Universal Paid Leave Act and DCFMLA, and Maryland’s existing Parental Leave Act alongside its major new FAMLI paid leave program — covering both job protection and actual wage replacement.

Federal Sector Employment Law

The distinctive rules that apply specifically to federal employees — the EEO discrimination process, MSPB adverse action appeals, the full range of prohibited personnel practices, security clearance actions, and veterans’ preference and USERRA rights.

First Amendment in Employment Law

For public employees: the legal framework governing protected speech on matters of public concern, and protection from political patronage-based discrimination in hiring, firing, and promotion decisions.

Talk to an Employment Attorney

Whatever workplace issue brought you here, Wilkenfeld Law Office can help you understand your rights and your strongest path forward.

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This article provides general information and is not legal advice. Contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship.

Reviewed by Ari Wilkenfeld, Esq. (DC Bar No. 461063; MD Bar No. 9806240300). Ari has over 27 years of experience litigating in federal and state courts, and before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), and various arbitration panels. Ari has been recognized by Esquire Magazine as “a famously determined Civil Rights lawyer” and by the New York Post as “a high powered DC Lawyer.” Last updated: August 28, 2026.