Lawyer Overview

Ms. Camilla C. McKinney, the principal of the Firm, specializes in employment law and complex litigation matters. She counsels and advises individuals and companies on a wide variety of personnel-related issues, including discrimination and harassment; retaliation; leave and reasonable accommodation under FMLA and ADA; promotion, discipline and termination issues; contract and severance negotiation; compliance with wage and hour laws; and constitutional civil rights. Ms. McKinney's practice primarily entails representing employees and she has successfully represented employees against Fortune 500 companies and governmental entities.

Ms. McKinney is a native Washingtonian. She is a graduate of Yale University. She received her Juris Doctor from Columbia University, School of Law.

Ms. McKinney is admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia and New York, as well as the the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. District Court for the Districts of Maryland, the District of Columbia, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Fourth and Federal Circuits.

She is also a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association; the Washington Bar Association; the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, the Greater Washington Area Chapter, Women Lawyers Division of the National Bar Association (GWAC); the American Bar Association; the National Bar Association; the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association and the National Employment Lawyers Association.

Areas of Practice

• Civil Rights
• Discrimination
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Government Agencies & Programs
• Labor Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Sexual Harassment
• State, Local & Municipal Law

Representative Cases

• Stella v. Mineta, 284 F3d. 135 (D.C. Cir 2002)
• Sheppard v. Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, 59 F.Supp.2d 27 (D.D.C. 1999)
• District of Columbia v. Eastern Trans-Waste of Md., Inc., 758 A2d 1 (D.C. App. 2000)
• Sanders v. Veneman, 131 F.Supp.2d 225 (D.C. 2001)
• Breiner v. Daka, Inc., 2002 WL 1988245 (District of Columbia Court of Appeals 2002)

West Practice Categories

Civil Rights, Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Government Agencies & Programs, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, State, Local & Municipal Law

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia, 1995

Address

1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 920
Washington, DC 20036-4101

Phones

(202) 861-2934

Faxes

(202) 517-9111

Emails

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Websites

http://www.dcemploymentlawyer.com