Virginia employment law · Federal claims
If you work for a Commonwealth agency, a hospital system, a finance or insurance campus, or a university in Richmond, and you are facing discrimination, retaliation, or a leave or accommodation fight, we can help you figure out your next step. J. Madison PLC represents employees across Virginia — including capital-region matters in Richmond's circuit courts and EDVA's Richmond Division.
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.
Commonwealth workplaces run on grievance procedures and administrative prerequisites that can quietly kill a claim before it starts. We map the deadlines — Virginia Whistleblower Protection Law, Title VII, federal overlays — before they pass.
Whistleblower & retaliationMedical campuses generate dense HR and occupational-health files. We use those records — not just your memory — to prove FMLA interference and ADA accommodation failures.
Disability accommodationSudden performance concerns, probation extensions, and “restructuring” that follow a disclosure are patterns we know how to dismantle with timelines and documents.
Pregnancy discriminationReleases, non-competes, deferred compensation, and clawbacks deserve real negotiation before you sign. We treat separation agreements with the same rigor we bring to litigation.
Executive contracts & severanceVirginia's wage-payment statute and the FLSA both carry real remedies — including, in some cases, multiplied damages and fees. We evaluate which applies to your pay records.
Wage & hour claimsSomething else — start a conflict check and describe it in your own words.
Commonwealth agencies and related employers create discrimination, retaliation, and whistleblower disputes under Virginia and federal law. We map administrative prerequisites before filing in circuit court or federal court.
Richmond’s private and nonprofit campuses generate accommodation, harassment, and FMLA interference claims with dense medical and HR records. Preserve chronologies early — Cloud Counsel can help structure them.
Federal employment suits arising in the capital region often belong in EDVA’s Richmond Division, not the Alexandria Rocket Docket.
If a Richmond employer shorted your pay, held your final check, or retaliated after you asked about pay ranges, Virginia's wage-payment statute and the 2026 pay-transparency rules may give you a claim. We evaluate both alongside any discrimination theory.
Our federal practice is built in the Eastern District of Virginia. In Burke v. Mattis, a federal jury found a retaliatory hostile work environment, followed by structural injunctive relief and a published fee award. In Keller v. Event Staging, we secured a court-approved wage-and-hour and retaliation resolution. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Distance is not a barrier. We are based in McLean, but intake and case-building run online through Cloud Counsel, so a Richmond client's file is built the same way a Fairfax client's is — and when your case needs us in a capital-region courtroom, we are there.
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Yes. We represent employees statewide in Virginia. Much of the work is remote-capable; hearings and trials are handled as required.
Venue depends on the parties and events. Capital-region federal employment cases often proceed in EDVA Richmond Division.
Yes. J. Madison PLC is Virginia-licensed and handles Virginia employment matters statewide, plus federal civil-rights and whistleblower claims nationwide.