Once again, the Super Lawyers has listed Lynne Bernabei, David Wachtel, and Alan Kabat as among the top attorneys in the Washington, D.C. area for employment litigation. Lynne was also listed as one of the “Top 100” lawyers in Washington, D.C., based on a vote by her peers. This was also [...]
Continue Reading →Lynne Bernabei will be a panelist at the latest Arabesque Lecture Series hosted by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
The lecture, titled “NYPD: The Community Under a Microscope”, will take place on March 28th, 2012, from 6:30 to 8 pm at the ADC Heritage Center. Panelists will discuss the NYPD’s actions, the legality of their actions, [...]
Continue Reading →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 [...]
Continue Reading →Reuters recently quoted Lynne Bernabei on the controversy over the sexual harassment complaints against Herman Cain, a presidential candidate. Cain had denied knowing anything about settlements with former female employees.
Lynne explained that ordinarily someone in a position as prominent as Cain’s, who is head of the National Restaurant Association, would have [...]
Continue Reading →The “Equality Matters” blog recently interviewed Lynne Bernabei as part of its investigation, “The Government Cracks Down on White House Protests – But Is It Legal?” The article discussed the allegation that the government engaged in selective prosecution of several protesters based on the content of their speech. Lynne explained that the White [...]
Continue Reading →PolitiFact’s “Truth-O-Meter” recently quoted Lynne Bernabei in order to address Sean Hannity’s claim that the Administration’s proposed jobs bill would allow the unemployed to sue for discrimination if they were not hired because they were unemployed. Lynne confirmed that while the jobs bill would allow the unemployed to make that claim, it [...]
Continue Reading →The Progressive Radio Network, on August 16, 2011, broadcast an interview with Lynne Bernabei and Ann Harris, a former client of Bernabei & Wachtel, who discussed safety and whistleblower issues relating to nuclear power.
Continue Reading →On August 9, 2011, the National Law Journal published an opinion piece by Lynne Bernabei and Alan Kabat, “The SEC properly expanded protection for attorney whistleblowers” which discussed how the SEC’s new regulations for the Dodd-Frank whistleblower claims will allow employees, including attorneys, to report financial misconduct by their corporate employers, even if [...]
Continue Reading →Bernabei & Wachtel represents a former state Attorney General of North Dakota who has a long and distinguished career in both government and private practice, and has taught as an adjunct law professor. Based on his experience, he decided to apply for tenure-track positions at law schools, but was consistently turned down for interviews at [...]
Continue Reading →Part 2 of the CBS investigation into the Tennessee Valley Authority power plants revealed an environment in which questioning authority was not an option, even if those questions were addressing safety concerns. This is what several of our clients, who are featured in the CBS story, have said for years.
Although the plant [...]
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