Virginia employment law · Federal claims
If you work for Fairfax County, the schools, a hospital system, or one of the county's private employers, and you are facing discrimination, leave retaliation, or a severance decision, we have spent years helping people in your position. Your case may belong in the 19th Judicial Circuit or a short drive away in EDVA Alexandria — we practice in both, from our McLean office.
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.
Public employers have dense personnel rules — and sometimes unique exhaustion paths. We evaluate Title VII, VHRA, § 1983, and related theories for Fairfax public employees.
Workplace discriminationHospital and school workplaces generate interactive-process failures, leave interference, and pretextual “performance” stories. We preserve medical and HR records early.
FMLA rightsIf disclosure of pregnancy or a maternity leave request flipped your reviews, probation status, or job security, we map Title VII, FMLA, and PWFA options quickly.
Pregnancy discriminationWe negotiate exits and executive agreements with OWBPA compliance, tax allocation, and carve-outs that preserve whistleblower and future-claim rights where appropriate.
Executive contracts & severanceWe challenge fabricated performance narratives and selective discipline with discovery tools built for modern HR systems — including when employers rewrite digital records.
Race discriminationPrivate Fairfax employers still face Title VII, ADA, and FLSA exposure in Alexandria Division when jurisdiction is proper. We prepare for Rocket Docket tempo.
Wrongful terminationSomething else — start a conflict check and describe it in your own words.
County, school, and local public-employer disputes often center on Fairfax Circuit Court practice and Virginia personnel rules layered with federal civil-rights statutes. We concentrate on employee-side discrimination, retaliation, accommodation, and wage claims — not municipal defense.
Hospital campuses and school divisions generate accommodation, FMLA interference, pregnancy bias, and harassment disputes with dense documentation. Years of Northern Virginia practice taught us how those files actually look — and how employers rewrite them under pressure.
Technology and professional-services employers in Fairfax County still face federal statutory exposure. When suits belong in EDVA, we litigate with the same employee-side focus reflected in matters like Burke (retaliatory hostile environment) and Keller (wage/retaliation resolution). Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Conflict check, privileged chronology in Cloud Counsel, then underwriting. Do not wait for HR to finish “investigating” before preserving your evidence.
We have spent years in Fairfax Circuit Court and EDVA representing Fairfax County employees — public and private — in employee-side civil rights and employment disputes.
We help teachers and school staff, county professionals, hospital workers, and private-sector employees facing discrimination, leave retaliation, ADA fights, race and hostile-environment claims, and complex severance. Burke and Keller are named public examples; many other NoVA matters are described by pattern to protect clients who have not authorized identification.
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We evaluate discrimination, retaliation, accommodation, and related claims involving county and school employers when the facts support a statutory theory.
Many pure Virginia claims are. Federal statutory claims may belong in EDVA. Forum choice depends on the claims and defendants.
Yes — time-limited offers are common. Contact us before the consideration period runs so we can assess releases and carve-outs.