Amicus Briefs

MWELA’s Amicus Committee submits amicus briefs in the federal and local courts on a wide range of important employment law issues. The Amicus Policy provides information on the process for submitting a request for an amicus brief, and for drafting an amicus brief.

Brief Name	Attorney	Court	Date
Carlos Romero, et al. v. H.E.P. Construction, Inc., et al.	MWELA Amicus by Alan R. Kabat and Omar Vincent Melehy, Esquire	D.C. Superior Court	January 15, 2021
Steinke v. P5 Solutions, Inc.	MWELA Amicus by Matthew Handley and Matthew Kaplan	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	October 8, 2020
Amaya v. DGS Construction	MWELA Amicus by Dena Robinson	Court of Special Appeals of Maryland	August 7, 2020
Henry Zuniga, et al., vs. Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.	MWELA Amicus by Stephen Pershing and Daniel Katz	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	July 13, 2020
Fessler v. IBM	MWELA Amicus by James Rubin	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	April 1, 2019
Sivaraman v. Guizzetti & Associates	MWELA Amicus by Daniel Katz and Roseann Romano	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	March 20, 2019
Miller v. Maryland Department of Natural Resources	MWELA Amicus by Alan Kabat and Rosa Koppel	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	February 13, 2019
Bryant v. District (second appeal)	MWELA Amicus by Stephen Pershing and Alan Kabat	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	June 22, 2018
Hansen v. Department of Homeland Security	MWELA Amicus by Debra D’Agostino	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit	February 8, 2018
Francis v. Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan	MWELA Amicus by Stephen Pershing and Alan Kabat	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	July 21, 2017
Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Board	MWELA Amicus by Michael Foreman, et al.	U.S. Supreme Court	March 3, 2017
Tillery v. Piedmont Airlines	MWELA Amicus by Stephen Chertkof et al.	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	February 9, 2017
William O'Hara vs. NIKA Technologies, Inc.	MWELA Amicus by Erik Snyder & Richard Renner	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	October 6, 2016
Vincent Balderrama v. Lockheed Martin Corporation	MWELA Amicus by Geoff Simpson and Erik Snyder	Court of Appeals of Maryland	September 2016
Maria L. Dufau v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	MWELA Amicus by Debra D’Agostino & Alan Kabat	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	August 12, 2016
Patricia Villa v. Cavamezze Grill, LLC, et al	MWELA Amicus by Stephen Chertkof & Erik Snyder	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	July 7, 2016
William Smith v. Thomas Perez	MWELA Amicus by Richard Renner	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	November 16, 2015
Kathy Radtke et al. v. Lifecare Management Partners et al.	MWELA Amicus by Richard Talbot Seymour	U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit	October 27, 2015
Masoud Sharif v. United Airlines, Inc.	MWELA Amicus by Stephen Z. Chertkof, Eric D. Snyder, Alan R. Kabat, Matthew C. Koski	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	October 26, 2015
Nancy Tucker v. The District of Columbia	MWELA Amicus by Jason Zuckerman, Esq	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	June 4, 2015
Alfred M. Winder v. Louis Erste	MWELA Amicus by Alan Kabat & Erik Snyder	U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit	February 19, 2015
Reya Boyer-Liberto v. Fontainebleau Corporation, Et Al.	MWELA Amicus by Stephen Z. Chertkof, Douglas B. Huron, and Ilana Gelfman	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	June 2, 2014
Iris Foster v. University of Maryland Eastern Shore	MWELA Amicus by Richard Renner, Denise Clark, and Ellen Renaud	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	May 16, 2014
Joy Friolo v. Douglas Frankel, et al. Second Appeal	MWELA Amicus by Ilana Gelfman	Court of Appeals of Maryland	December 23, 2013
Muriel Peters v. Early Healthcare Giver, Inc.	MWELA Amicus by Daniel A. Katz, et al.	Court of Appeals of Maryland	December 13, 2013
Bonita H. Marshall v. Safeway Inc.	MWELA Amicus by Debra Gardner	Court of Appeals of Maryland	September 30, 2013
Tyrone Bryant v. District of Columbia et al.	MWELA Amicus by Richard Seymour and Les Alderman	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	September 23, 2013
Williams v. Johnson	MWELA Amicus by Alan Kabat and Les Alderman	U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit	September 16, 2013
Linda Solomon v. Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture	MWELA Amicus by Denise M. Clark and Les Alderman	U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit	July 1, 2013
Charles J. Davis v. District of Columbia	MWELA Amicus by Alan Kabat and Les Alderman	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	December 18, 2012
Key & Sims v. WMATA	MWELA Amicus by Alan Kabat	U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit	November 29, 2012
Kevin D. West v. John Potter, Postmaster General United States Postal Service	MWELA Amicus by Jonathan C. Puth, et al.	U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit	October 18, 2012
Angela Van Buren v. Stephen A. Grubb, et al.	MWELA Amicus by R. Scott Oswald & Nicholas Woodfield	The Supreme Court of Virginia	May 29, 2012
Ponce v. Billington	MWELA Amicus by Yuval Rubinstein, et al.	U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit	December 29, 2011
Barufaldi v. Ocean City Chamber of Commerce	MWELA Amicus by John R. Ates & Thomas Davies	Court of Special Appeals of Maryland	December 16, 2011
Washington Teachers’ Union v. Labor, et al.	MWELA Amicus by Alan R. Kabat & Les Alderman	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	November 29, 2011
McGriff v. Department of the Navy / Buelna et al. v. Department of Homeland Security	MWELA Amicus by Kristen Alden and Michelle Bercovici	U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board	November 4, 2011
Thomas J. Gagliardo and Deborah Ashton Parsons v. Peninsula Regional Medical Center	MWELA Amicus by John Ates & Richard Renner	U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit	August 25, 2011
Debra Parks vs. Alpharma, Inc.	MWELA & MELA Amicus by Jessica Weber	Court of Appeals of Maryland	March 7, 2011
Joy Friolo v. Douglas Frankel, et al.	MWELA Amicus by Jessica Weber	Court of Appeals of Maryland	February 14, 2011
The Metropolian Washington Orthopaedic Association, Chartered, et al. v. Christina L. Cervieri, M.D.	MWELA Amicus by Deborah Eisenberg & Julie Glass Martin-Korb	Court of Appeals of Maryland	February 24, 2011
Denise Burgess v. Stuart G. Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction	MWELA Amicus by Leslie D. Alderman	U.S Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	February 14, 2011
Ramesh Sharma v. District of Columbia	MWELA Amicus by Alan Kabat	U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia	December 6, 2010
Talavera v. U.S. Agency for International Development	MWELA Amicus by John R. Ates	U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit	August 20, 2010
Julia M. Taylor v. Giant of Maryland LLC	MWELA Amicus by Deborah Eisenberg et al.	Court of Appeals of Maryland	March 23, 2010
Mountaire Farms, Inc. vs Luisa Perez	MELA & MWELA Amicus by Monisha Cherayil	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	March 4, 2010
Conyers/Northover v. Department of Defense	Elizabeth L. Newman	U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board	March 1, 2010
Jason Mann v. Heckler & Koch Defense, Inc.	MWELA Amicus by Richard Renner	U.S Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	December 21, 2009
Tanya Jackson v. Estelle's Place, LLC, et al.	MWELA Amicus by Susan Huhta and Laura Varela	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	December 14, 2009
Prince of Peace et al. v. Mary Linklater	MWELA Amicus by Les Alderman, Alan R. Kabat, and Kathleen Cahill	Court of Appeals of Maryland	October 15, 2009
Lisa Meade v. Shangri-La Limited Partnership	MWELA Amicus by Jonathan C Puth and Matthew Hill	Court of Appeals of Maryland	February 26, 2009
Ginger v. DC	MWELA Amicus by Jonathan C Puth	U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit	July 17, 2008
Danielle R. Cesarano v. Reed Smith LLP	MWELA Amicus by Douglas Huron and Stephen Chertkof	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	April 7, 2008
Calvin Hoffeld v. Shepherd Electric Co., Inc.	MWELA Amicus by by James Rubin and Julie Glass Martin-Korb	Court of Appeals of Maryland	January 2008
Manor Country Club v. Flaa	MWELA Amicus by Stephen Chertkof and Deborah Eisenberg	Court of Appeals of Maryland	February 25, 2005
Barbour v. WMATA	MWELA Amicus by Douglas Huron and Richard Salzman	U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit	December 5, 2003
Joy Friolo v. Douglas Frankel and Maryland/Virginia Medical Trauma Group	MWELA Amicus by Stephen Chertkof and Daniel Katz	Court of Special Appeals of Maryland	September 2002