The Los Alamos Monitor (New Mexico) recently published three articles about Charles Montano, a former client of Bernabei & Wachtel. We represented him in his whistleblower case against the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which was owned by the U.S. Department of Energy and run by the University of California. While an auditor at the Lab, Chuck reported and protested numerous financial irregularities and related problems that led to the cover-up and wasting of large amounts of taxpayer funds. He also remains active in helping other whistleblowers at Los Alamos, including those who reported problems about radiation safety, the physical security of the lab, and environmental pollution issues, and he had worked on the successful class action lawsuits against Los Alamos in the 1990s.

The December 2011 issue of Washingtonian, in its survey of the top lawyers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, listed Lynne Bernabei and Dave Wachtel among the top 17 lawyers who represent employees in employment discrimination cases (“Suing the Boss: Unjustly fired or the victim of harassment at work?”), and also recognized them among the top 16 civil rights lawyers (“Fight for your rights: gender, racial, religious, and other forms of discrimination are battled by these stars of the civil-rights bar”).

Indeed, only 3 other attorneys were listed in both categories. The Washingtonian has previously listed Lynne and Dave as top employment and civil rights lawyers in its earlier surveys.