Michael L. Spekter
Work in Gilbert Employment Law, P.C.
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 48 years of experience
Appellate, Employment
1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 900, Silver Spring, MD 20910
About Michael L. Spekter
Practice Areas
- Appellate
- Employment
Education
- Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1975Juris Doctor
- Honors: Deans List
- Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1971Bachelors of Arts
- Major: Honors Program
- Honors: cum laude
Languages
- English
Representative Cases
- Raphael v. Okyiri, 740 A.2d 935 (D.C. 1999 )
- Zenian v. District of Columbia Office of Employee Appeals, 598 A.2d 1161 (D.C. 1991 )
- Berube v. General Services Administration, 820 F.2d 396 (Fed. Cir 1987 )
- A.Z. v. Tom Ridge, Director Department of Homeland Security
- $650,000 Jury Verdict Compensatory Damages for Violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 01-2358 GK (District of Columbia District Court 2004)
- John M. Killeen v. Office of Personnel Management
- Reversing OPM Determination of Retirement Benefits due to Federal Air Traffic Controllers who Mix Part Time and Full Time Work During their Federal Careers, 04-3033 (Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2004)
- Nichol v. Office of Personnel Management, AT-0842-06-0480-I-1
- Dalmas v. Office of Personnel Management, CH-8444E-08-0589-I-1
- Zojourner v. Brown, O1:CV:02358-GK
- Killeen v. OPM, 832 F.3rd 1316 (2004)
- Norton v. Veterans Administration, PH-0752-08-0442-I-1
- U.S. v. Y.H.S., 10-M-473 (BPG)
Classes and Seminars
- Adjunct Professor - University of Baltimore Law School, 2004 - 2011
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Arizona, 1975
- Maryland, 1991
- District of Columbia, 1981
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1975
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1975
- U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- MWELA
- NELA
Past Positions
- U.S. Office of Special Counsel, Senior Prosecution Atty, 1979 - 1982
- Pima County Public Defenders Office, Tucson, Arizona, Supervisory Attorney, 1977 - 1979
Fraternities and Sororities
- Tau Kappa Epsilon
Articles
Published Works
- "The New Whistleblower Protection Act: Fine Tuning Disclosure Protection" Michael L. Spekter, Esq., Federal Merit Systems Reporter, Volume 89, Number 4E, May, 1989
- "Lawyers Lounge" Stuart Stiller Prize for Creative Writing by a Member of the D.C. Bar, The District Lawyer, 1989
- The Redbook, A Manual on Legal Style, Second Edition, Bryan A. Garner, Editor in Chief Black's Law Dictionary, Thomson-West
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Discrimination, Sexual Harassment
Nearby Lawyers
- Appellate
- Employment
- 3.3 miles away
- 6.1 miles away
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