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About Leizer Goldsmith

The Goldsmith Law Firm, LLC, which has achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest ("AV") rating for ethical standards and legal ability, represents clients in employment matters arising in both the private and public sectors, and provides full service legal representation in matters relating to the employment relationship, including:

  Discrimination
  Sexual Harassment
  Contracts and Severance Agreements
  Fair Labor Standards
  Civil Service

The firm's primary focus is in representing employees and former employees in the courts and before various administrative agencies.

Leizer Z. Goldsmith, Principal of the firm, received his B.A. from the University of Michigan, in 1985, and his J.D. from Boston College of Law School in 1988. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Massachusetts. He is also admitted to the United States Supreme Court and several United States Courts of Appeal.

Mr. Goldsmith has practiced law in Washington, D.C. since 1988. Since founding his own firm in 1992, Mr. Goldsmith has successfully represented employees in matters arising in both the private and public sectors. Mr. Goldsmith's services include both trial and appellate litigation, in the federal and local courts, as well as before various administrative agencies including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Merit Systems Protection Board. Mr. Goldsmith also advises clients in employment disputes that do not result in litigation. Mr. Goldsmith lectures on employment law topics.

Mr. Goldsmith is a past Treasurer and current member of the Executive Board of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, and is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association.



Practice Areas
Professional Experience
ExperienceYears
The Goldsmith Law Firm, LLC1992-Current
Education
SchoolFocusDegreeYear
Boston College Law School - Boston CollegeLawJ.D. (1988)
University of Michigan - Ann ArborSocial ScienceB.A.1985
Awards
AwardOrganizationYear
Lawyer of the YearMetropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association2005
Professional Affiliations
PositionYears
Member, District of Columbia Bar1989-Current
Board Member, Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association1999-Current

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TitlePublisherPublished
Court of Appeals Weighing Writ Of Certiorari On Shifting Attorneys Fees IncurredMaryland Trial Reporter2007

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Twitter / leizergoldsmith
  • leizergoldsmith: Met today with attorneys' fees committee. Fair shifting of fees to losing employers is critical to vindicating employee rights
  • leizergoldsmith: Looking forward to Monday- filing summary judgment opposition. Client was treated so poorly it feels great to show the wrongdoing
  • leizergoldsmith: I have another legal guide at Avvo.com: "Federal Employees Employment Discrimination Case Processing Procedures." Check it out!
  • leizergoldsmith: I just wrote a legal guide over at Avvo.com, on "Winning Retaliation Cases: If You Plan to Protest Discrimination, Protest Loud and Clear"
  • leizergoldsmith: Obama to health insurers who say "Take one of these and call us in a decade?" "Not This Time!" Prez calls them deceptive, dishonest!
  • leizergoldsmith: Support the Franken Amendment against forced arbitration of sexual assault, harassment and discrimination disputes!
  • leizergoldsmith: Is health reform needed? Newborn was denied coverage for being in top 5% for height and weight.
  • leizergoldsmith: Yesterday was Maryland attorneys' fees oral argument. Cautiously optimistic that a fair fee will be awarded for a decade of work.
  • leizergoldsmith: Tomorrow is the oral argument in Montgomery County on long-running Friolo- Maryland fee award case
  • leizergoldsmith: We won a major victory in Orr v. Holder, in which the trial judge in Puerto Rico has upheld the jury verdict in our client's favor.

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