Virginia employment law · Federal claims
If you work in Alexandria — Old Town hospitality or healthcare, a federal agency, a contractor shop — and something at work has gone wrong, you are a short walk from the courthouse where many of our cases are heard. J. Madison PLC litigates employee-side cases in the Eastern District of Virginia's Alexandria Division, and we have spent years representing Northern Virginia workers there and in Virginia forums.
J. Madison PLC is licensed in Virginia. We handle Virginia employment matters statewide and evaluate federal civil-rights and whistleblower claims nationwide. Pure other-state law claims may require local counsel, which you may be able to find through our affiliate network.
These are common examples, not a complete list. If what is happening to you looks different, tell us anyway — we will help you figure out whether you have a case.
Alexandria Division schedules move quickly. We prepare chronologies, damages pictures, and expert needs with that tempo in mind — including for discrimination and retaliation suits.
Workplace discriminationA public EDVA jury verdict in Burke v. Mattis shows retaliatory hostile environment claims can succeed without a termination. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Selected Matters — BurkeOld Town and waterfront employers generate FLSA and Virginia wage claims when tips, hours, or misclassification go wrong. We evaluate individual and collective options.
Wage & hourSchedule flexibility, leave interplay, and telework requests require interactive-process discipline. We push back when HR substitutes a blanket rule for an individualized review.
Disability accommodationWe help Alexandria and NoVA employees challenge leave-related retaliation and caregiver bias under Title VII, FMLA, and PWFA.
Pregnancy discriminationCivil servants and contractors in Alexandria need the correct administrative path — not a private-sector template pasted onto a federal file.
MSPB & federal forumsSomething else — start a conflict check and describe it in your own words.
When your case belongs in EDVA Alexandria, geography helps — but preparation matters more. We litigate employee-side civil rights and employment claims in that division from our McLean office, including matters that go to jury and post-trial equitable relief.
Service and clinical workplaces create distinctive wage, accommodation, and harassment fact patterns. We focus on employee-side statutory claims — not management-side labor consulting.
Agency and contractor workplaces add federal-sector EEO, MSPB, USERRA, and whistleblower overlays. We identify the controlling deadline first.
Conflict check, then Cloud Counsel case-building, then underwriting for contingent-fee or hourly representation. Acceptance is not guaranteed.
Alexandria is home to the courthouse where many of our Northern Virginia federal cases are heard. Years of employee-side EDVA practice — plus Virginia wage and discrimination work for hospitality and professional employees — shape how we build every file.
Named public anchors: Burke v. Mattis (Alexandria Division jury verdict and injunction) and Keller (court-approved wage/retaliation resolution in EDVA). Other client matters are described by workplace pattern only.
Selected Matters & PressAbout J. Madison PLC
Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Attorney advertising.
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Yes, when venue and jurisdiction are proper. We also handle Virginia circuit-court claims and administrative EEOC/MSPB paths.
No. Burke was a retaliatory hostile work environment case tried in EDVA while the plaintiff remained employed. See Selected Matters for the public record.
Start a conflict check. If cleared, begin organizing your chronology in Cloud Counsel while we evaluate representation.