Lisa A. Bernstein
Counsel

Lisa A. Bernstein joined Shaw, Bransford & Roth, P.C. in 2001 as an associate attorney. She practices in all areas of federal employment and personnel law and litigation, including the specific sub-areas noted below, on behalf of federal employees, managers, members of the Senior Executive Service, and others. She appears in litigation before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board ("MSPB"), the Office of Special Counsel ("OSC"), and in federal court.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Bernstein worked for several private sector law firms in Washington, D.C. concentrating in labor and employment law, and representing private and public sector employees and several national labor organizations. During law school, among other things, Ms. Bernstein served as a law clerk for Administrative Judges in the Federal Sector Hearings Unit at the EEOC, wherein she assisted the Administrative Judges on EEO complaints filed by federal government employees.

Ms. Bernstein is also active in several local organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors of Gifts for the Homeless, Inc., a non-profit corporation comprised of lawyers and staff from area law firms and other legal organizations that has been serving the homeless of Washington, D.C. since 1986. In addition, she regularly volunteers as a job interview counselor at the Jubilee Jobs Placement Program, which is designed to help local unemployed people refine their interviewing and job search skills.

Areas of Practice

• Federal Personnel and Employment Law
• EEO Discrimination
• Administrative Investigations
• Security Clearances
• Suitability Determinations
• Federal Retirement

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Maryland

Education

• B.A., West Chester University, cum laude
• J.D., University of Baltimore School of Law

Associations & Memberships

• Metropolitan Employment Lawyers Association
• D.C. Bar
• Maryland Bar Association

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