Stephen Pershing

I'm a civil rights plaintiffs' lawyer by lifelong passion and three decades of experience. Now of counsel to one of D.C.'s leading employment law firms, I was previously in sole practice representing individuals and organizations after litigating for the ACLU, the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division, and an elite public interest firm. I am also a longtime adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School.

University of Virginia School of Law

J.D. (1987)

Harvard University

B.A. (1979)

Of counsel

Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, P.C.

2023 - Current

Adjunct faculty

George Washington University Law School

1999 - Current

Principal

Pershing Law PLLC

2014 - 2022

Sole practice in employment and other civil rights law, elder law, mediation.

Founding director and faculty

Washington Consortium for Law Externships and Exchange

2011 - 2016

Washington law semester program for a consortium of law schools across the U.S.

Director and faculty

UCDC Law Program

2009 - 2011

Washington semester program for students at the law schools of the University of California.

Senior litigation counsel

Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C.

2005 - 2009

Senior trial attorney

U.S. Justice Department, Civil Rights Division

1996 - 2005

Legal director

ACLU of Virginia

1989 - 1996

Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Ass'n

Vice president

2017 - Current

Maryland State Bar  # 1412040006

Member

2014 - Current

District of Columbia Bar  # 482580

Member

2006 - Current

Virginia State Bar  # 31012

Member

1990 - Current

American Bar Ass'n  # 00589484

Member

1990 - Current

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 2006

Maryland

Since 2014

Virginia

Since 1990

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