District of Columbia Labor Lawyers

Labor Law

1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004

A. Marques Pitre founded the law firm, Pitre & Associates, LLC., in June 2016 with the goal of continuing to fervently represent his clients and provide legal counsel to federal employees, contractors, agencies, unions, and employee associations in federal sector, labor and employment, as well as provide counsel on national security clearance matters. From 2005 through 2015, Marques was a Staff Attorney at the prestigious law firm of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, in their litigation practice group. His practice focused on managing e-discovery, multi-district complex civil and criminal investigations, and litigation involving several areas of law, including, but not limited to, Antitrust, FFDCA, False Claims Act, Environmental, Stark, and Federal Anti-Kickback Statues. He planned and executed e-discovery offensive and defensive strategies in state and federal litigation. Marques successfully organized, trained, and managed discovery teams comprised of contract attorneys and other legal professionals to ensure a well-executed discovery process, while reducing risks and costs associated with the discovery lifecycle. Marques was also part of a team of attorneys providing guidance on preservation, collection and review of electronically stored information. In addition to his commercial litigation work, Mr. Pitre participated in Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP's Superior Court Pro Bono Program, in which he represented indigent clients in Felony I and Felony II cases. In 2003, Marques worked as a Summer Associate for the City of Chicago, Illinois, in its Employment Litigation Department, where he was tasked to revise the Department’s Equal Employment Rights Manual, which is now known as the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance. Marques earned his Juris Doctorate from the Howard University School of Law in 2005. While there, he was a finalist in the school’s annual Mock Trial Competition and received merit scholarships annually. In 2001, Marques obtained his bachelor’s degree with honors from Illinois State University, Normal, IL. Marques is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States District Court for the District of Maryland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Illinois.

Labor Law

2001 L Street, N.W., 902, Washington, DC 20036

With more than two decades of experience litigating a vast range of high stakes federal employment law matters, Donna is a vital component of Tully Rinckey PLLC’s nationally recognized federal labor and employment law practice group. Prior to joining the firm, Donna was Principal of her own labor and employment firm in Washington, D.C., and has held top positions at a number of prestigious firms throughout her extensive career. As past President and executive board member of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA), Donna has routinely interfaced with dynamic issues and information pertaining to employment law and enjoys the respect of the top federal labor and employment attorneys in the country.

Labor Law

1909 K St NW suite 330, Washington, DC 20006, USA

Ms. Scott is a co-founder of FortneyScott, where her diverse practice focuses on business, international, and workplace matters. She counsels U.S. and foreign-based clients on complying with U.S. workplace and tax laws and assists U.S. employers in expanding outside the U.S. She regularly advises clients, many of which are federal government contractors, on workplace investigations; government procurement and related employment issues; prevailing wages under the Service Contract and Davis Bacon Acts and related matters; worker classification issues; and compliance with the wage and hour requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act and related state laws. Ms. Scott is a frequent lecturer on issues of international labor and employment law, including expatriate and secondment agreements, overtime, minimum wage, data privacy, worker classification status, international tax, and human rights. She holds key leadership positions in international professional organizations, including, having served as President of the Union Internationale des Avocats (International Association of Lawyers or UIA) from 2023-2024 and now serving as the UIA’s Immediate Past President. UIA is an international association of lawyers committed to the protection of human rights, including worker’s rights and the defense of their universal nature, including, specifically, the defense of lawyers’ human rights in protecting the human rights of others. Ms. Scott formerly served as Director General of the UIA’s Institute for the Rule of Law (UIA-IROL) and has also served as a member of the ITC Pro-Bono Committee on International Model Contracts for Exporting SME’s. Ms. Scott has significant experience and expertise in adjudicating both U.S. and international commercial and employment disputes. She served for many years as the United States’ Member and First Vice President of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal, the seven-member, independent appellate forum of last resort that adjudicated claims made by United Nations employees worldwide. Drawing on years of experience in the securities industry as an attorney for an international financial institution, Ms. Scott has served in the United States as an arbitrator for the securities industry with the National Association of Securities Dealers. Ms. Scott’s workplace investigations practice includes conducting workplace investigations for employers in the private, not-for-profit, and public sectors. She has investigated sensitive matters involving fraud and mismanagement; harassment and discrimination; and matters arising under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Ms. Scott’s wage and hour practice includes advising and representing clients, including not-for-profit organizations, on matters involving federal and state prevailing wage issues; and the FLSA, including minimum wage and overtime obligations and exemptions, classification of positions as exempt or non-exempt, overtime requirements for non-exempt employees and compensation strategies and policies for exempt employees. She also advises clients on matters involving the classification of workers as employees or independent contractors. ?Formerly, Ms. Scott was in-house counsel to Merrill Lynch, an international brokerage firm, advising and litigating on matters involving securities and commodities compliance, various broker-dealer issues, and related employment matters. She also has extensive experience in the practice of corporate and international tax law, including project and tax-exempt bond finance, as well as ERISA, with Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon, in New York, NY and Chadbourne & Parke, in Washington, D.C. Ms. Scott has trial and appellate litigation experience in state and federal courts. She formerly served as the General Counsel to the Junior League of Philadelphia.

Labor Law

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004

John Mahoney is a Washington, DC Attorneys at Law and the Founding and Managing Partner of the Firm, who specializes in the practice of federal sector employment, labor, and national security clearance law.

Labor Law

500 Eighth Street, NW, Washington, DC, DC 20004

Area of Practice: ERISA and Employment Jonathan Rose focuses his practice advising on matters related to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and related employment litigation. He advises plan sponsors and fiduciaries of qualified and non-qualified pension and health benefit plans in compliance with a wide range of fiduciary duties required in the administration and investment of plan assets. He has also successfully represented clients in over a hundred government investigations by the Department of Labor, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Internal Revenue Service, among others. Jonathan also represents financial advisors, investment funds and service providers on Title I issues involving the structuring and marketing of investment funds, including venture capital and real estate operating companies, qualified plan asset managers, issuers and borrowers of credit and loan agreements, and issuers warehouse financing and administration agreements. He has extensive experience litigation in many areas of labor and employment law, including whistleblower claims against government contractors, federal and state wage-and-hour claims, and federal and state discrimination claims. He also regularly advises employers in the negotiation of employment and severance agreements and collective bargaining agreements. Some of Jonathan's notable experience includes representing clients in complex ERISA-related class action disputes in US district courts and other complex litigation matters; serving as first-chair counsel for Fortune 500 sponsors in stock drop and retiree health class action cases, as well as executive compensation litigation cases; and negotiating mergers of underfunded plans to avoid the imposition of withdrawal liability and excise taxes on employers through negotiations with the PBGC and IRS.