Legal Services & Lawyers

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.

Mark Andrew Kohl has been an associate with the firm since 2006. He is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia bars.

Realizing that law was his true calling, Mr. Kohl (who had an undergraduate degree from Olivet Nazarene University, a Masters Degree from the University of Illinois, and also studied at the Catholic University of America as a Bradley Fellow) left his teaching position to attend the Georgetown University Law Center, and has never looked back.

Mr. Kohl's practice focuses on plaintiff's personal injury cases, including automobile accidents and medical malpractice. Mr. Kohl has also successfully represented contractors and subcontractors in actions to establish mechanics liens and secure payment, and has defended contractors accused of negligence. A substantial part of Mr. Kohl's practice also includes defense cases arising from medical malpractice and legal malpractice, electrical utility accidents, motor vehicle accidents, and slip and falls.

Mr. Kohl has been very successful in his young law career, representing clients across numerous and diverse practice areas, and he thrives on the intellectual challenges of his work.

Prior to joining Sasscer, Clagett & Bucher, Mr. Kohl clerked for the Honorable Christopher C. Henderson in Charles County, Maryland.