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Partners
William (Bill) L. Bransford
Partner
William L. Bransford is a partner at Shaw, Bransford & Roth, P.C., where he has practiced since 1983. His practice is concentrated on the representation of federal executives, managers, and employees before U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office of Special Counsel, Offices of Inspector General, and with offices that adjudicate security clearances.
Mr. Bransford is currently General Counsel to the Senior Executives Association and represents SEA on Capitol Hill. He also serves as General Counsel for several professional associations, including the Federal Managers Association, FAA Managers Association, and National Council of Social Security Management Associations. He advises several small federal agencies on matters pertaining to federal personnel and employment law and represents private sector employers and employees on employment law issues.
Mr. Bransford is a frequent lecturer, sharing his expertise on federal employment law at conferences and seminars designed for federal supervisors, executives, and employee relations professionals. Mr. Bransford has written and co-authored numerous publications on federal employment law, including "The Rights and Responsibilities of Your Federal Employment" and "How to Rehabilitate or Remove a Problem Employee." He co-hosts FEDtalk, a weekly radio show on Federal News Radio 1500AM. On FEDtalk, the law firm presents experts who discuss matters of importance to federal employees and retirees.
Prior to joining SB&R, Mr. Bransford was a senior attorney at the Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel, representing the agency on labor and employment law issues. Mr. Bransford graduated cum laude from the Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, in 1975, and received his Master of Laws in Labor Law from Georgetown University. Mr. Bransford is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Ohio.
Areas of Practice
- Federal Employment Law, including matters relating to the Senior Executive Service
- EEO Discrimination
- Administrative Investigations
- Federal Retirement
- Security Clearances
- Bivens Representation
- National Security Employment Law
- Services for Federal Agencies
- Private Sector Employment Law
- Government Relations
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- B.S, University of Maryland
- J.D., Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University
- Master of Laws in Labor Law from Georgetown University
Associations & Memberships
- DC Bar
- Vice Chair, Public Employees Roundtable
- Board Member, Federal Employee Education & Assistance Fund
Publications
- "The Rights and Responsibilities of Your Federal Employment"
- "How to Rehabilitate or Remove a Problem Employee"
- Consulting Attorney, the weekly E-report FEDManager
- Regular Contributor, "The Legal Corner," The Federal Manager
- Regular Contributor, Legal Loop on The Federal Drive morning show, WFED 1500AM
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Debra L. Roth
Partner
Debra L. Roth is a partner at Shaw, Bransford& Roth, P.C. where she has practiced law since 1989. Ms. Roth's law practice concentrates on representing federal officials and employees in all aspects of federal personnel and employment discrimination law, with a focus on federal employees and law enforcement officers in IG, internal, and Congressional investigations. When those investigations result in personnel actions, she represents employees in disciplinary and performance-based proceedings at the agency level and then before the Merit Systems Protection Board and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Additionally, Ms. Roth's practice includes representation of federal employees, applicants, and contractors in security clearance and suitability proceedings.
Ms. Roth has a Top Secret security clearance and represents federal employees in national security agencies in connection with internal and external investigations and security clearance and suitability matters.
Ms. Roth has been retained at the expense of the U.S. Department of Justice to act as private defense counsel to federal officials sued individually in Bivens and common law tort lawsuits in cases where the U.S. Department of Justice has determined a conflict exists with direct DOJ representation.
Ms. Roth has also provided legal advice and representation to several small agencies on a multitude of federal personnel law and employment discrimination matters. Along with her law partner Bill Bransford, Ms. Roth co-hosts FEDtalk, heard Fridays at 11am on Federal News Radio 1500AM. FEDtalk guests discuss matters of interest and importance to federal employees and retirees, including individuals from the Hill and from agency HR, EEO and program offices.Prior to joining SB&R, Ms. Roth was a judicial law clerk for the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court. She is a cum laude graduate of Boston University, and received her law degree from the American University in Washington, D.C., where she was a Note and Comment Editor for The Administrative Law Journal.
Ms. Roth is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and the District of Columbia. In addition to being admitted into the above jurisdictions, Ms. Roth is also admitted to practice in the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Areas of Practice - Federal Employment Law
- Security Clearances
- Suitability Determinations
- Bivens Representation
- National Security Employment Law
- OIG, OPR, and OIA Investigations
- Administrative Investigations
- Federal Retirement
- Services for Federal Agencies
- EEO Discrimination
- Private Sector Employment Law
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New Jersey
- U.S. Federal District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- B.A, Boston University
- J.D., American University
Associations & Memberships
- DC Bar
- New Jersey Bar Association
- Federal Circuit Bar Association (Board of Governors, 2004-2005, Chair, Merit Systems Protection Board Appeals Committee, 2002-2003)
Publications
- Consulting Attorney, the weekly E-report FEDAgent
- Regular Contributor, “The Legal Corner,” The Federal Manager (Federal Managers Association)
- Columnist, National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys Newsletter
- Regular Contributor, Legal Loop on The Federal Drive morning show, WFED 1500AM
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