Virginia employment law · Federal claims
If you work at a Reston tech campus or on an IT contract along the Dulles corridor, and a hybrid-work policy, a medical need, or retaliation has put your job at risk, we can help you sort out your options. J. Madison PLC represents software, contracting, and professional-services employees from our McLean office — with years of Northern Virginia practice behind the advice.
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.
Tech employers often can accommodate remotely — until they decide not to. We challenge blanket onsite rules and force real interactive-process analysis under the ADA.
ADA telework & accommodation“Performance” narratives that appear only after leave are a classic pattern. We preserve Slack, Jira, and HRIS evidence before it disappears.
FMLA interference & retaliationReporting security, billing, or compliance issues should not end a program role. We evaluate § 2409, VWPL, and discrimination overlays.
Whistleblower practiceEquity, bonuses, and overbroad releases need counsel who drafts and negotiates — not only litigates after the fact.
Severance & contractsCaregiver bias and leave-related demotions show up in Reston campuses too. We map Title VII, FMLA, and PWFA early.
Pregnancy discriminationWe litigate race and hostile-environment claims for tech and professional employees when stereotypes and pretexts drive discipline.
Race discriminationSomething else — start a conflict check and describe it in your own words.
Reston employers talk flexibility until an accommodation request arrives. We represent employees in ADA, FMLA, and discrimination fights where hybrid policy and disability law collide — and we know how to document essential functions when HR overstates “onsite only.”
IT contractors supporting federal missions face joint-employer and whistleblower complexity. Our Northern Virginia practice treats those facts as normal — not exotic.
We have represented Northern Virginia employees for more than a decade in Fairfax courts and EDVA. Burke and Keller are the public, named examples; school, county, contractor, and tech matters fill the rest of our docket — we just do not name clients without their permission.
Conflict check, Cloud Counsel chronology, underwriting. Bring your leave paperwork, performance reviews, and chat exports.
Reston tech and contractor employees get the same employee-side Northern Virginia practice that our Fairfax, Arlington, and McLean clients do — ADA and hybrid-work fights, leave retaliation, whistleblower paths, severance negotiation, and EDVA readiness.
Past results vary. See Selected Matters for Burke and Keller; ask us privately about whether your situation matches problems we have handled for corridor employers.
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Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Attorney advertising.
Cloud Counsel lets you organize a privileged chronology at no cost before applying for contingent-fee or hourly representation. Learn about Cloud Counsel or contingency fees.
Yes. Modern Reston disputes often turn on digital chronologies. Cloud Counsel is built to organize that record before underwriting.
Often. Joint-employer and gatekeeper theories matter when primes and subs trade blame. We evaluate early.
Start a conflict check online. If cleared, begin your Cloud Counsel file immediately.