Daniel E. Farrington
Dan Farrington is the Founding Principal of the Firm and was recently recognized by the Washington Business Journal as one of Washington's top lawyers. For more than ten years, his practice has focused on the laws governing the employer employee relationship. Dan has extensive experience in all aspects of employment and labor law and has represented employers across the country in claims involving Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), state and local laws prohibiting
employment discrimination and harassment, the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) and state wage and hour laws, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and state leave laws, affirmative action plans and other requirements of government contractors, employee benefits, drug and alcohol testing, employment contracts, non-competition agreements and other restrictive covenants and executive compensation.

Dan's clients range from small medical practices and medium-sized regional employers to Fortune 500 companies. He has substantial experience in the airline, retail, food services, healthcare, information technology and government contracts industries. He regularly represents clients in employment-related litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts nationally, labor arbitrations and administrative claims and hearings before the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the United States Department of Labor and various state and local agencies.

In addition to his litigation practice, Dan provides day-to-day advice and counseling to employers to help them work through employee compensation, discipline and termination issues in creative ways that offer appropriate business solutions while minimizing liability exposure. He routinely drafts employment
agreements and employee handbooks and provides topical workplace training for management and other human resources professionals.

Prior to founding the Firm in 2003, Dan practiced employment law in the Washington, D.C. office of O'Melveny & Myers LLP and served as in-house employment counsel to the United States Senate. Previously, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable J. Frederick Motz, then-Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

Education

• J.D., cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center
• B.A., University of Florida

• District of Columbia
• Maryland
• Courts of Appeals for the First, Third, Fourth, and District of Columbia Circuits
• U.S. District Court for the Districts of Maryland, District of Columbia, Northern District of Illinois
• United States Supreme Court