Garon, Lenore C.

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Lenore Garon is a senior appellate and trial attorney who handles employee appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals and major motions and discovery in the U.S. District Court. After a long career as a U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission lawyer, Ms. Garon now uses her considerable legal skills to protect the rights of federal employees. For example, her appellate advocacy helped establish a liberal standard in the D.C. Circuit for employment discrimination cases in the 2008 Brady v. Office of the Sergeant at Arms case. A former Stanford Law Review member and a 2007 contestant on the popular television quiz program, Jeopardy!, Ms. Garon works half-time for Gebhardt & Associates, LLP in an Of Counsel capacity and is licensed in Virginia, where she resides, and in the District of Columbia.

Areas of Practice

• Federal and State Court Appeals
• Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights
• Federal Employment Law
• Civil Service Law
• Adult Guardianship and Conservatorship (Virginia)

West Practice Categories

Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Estate Planning, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Family Law, Government Agencies & Programs, Litigation & Appeals, Probate & Estate Administration, Federal Employees

Bar Admissions

• Virginia, 1996
• District of Columbia, 1973
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1975
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2006
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1982
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1982
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1980

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Women's Bar Association (Member)
• National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) (Member)
• Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA) (Member)
• Fairfax Bar Association, VA (Member)
• Law Office of Lenore C. Garon, PLLC, 1991 - Present (Principal and Lead Attorney)
• Boone & Associates, P.C., a healthcare law firm, Fairfax, VA, 1998 - Present (Of Counsel Attorney)

Past Employment Positions

• Commonwealth of Virginia, Certified Guardian Ad Litem
• U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Trial Attorney, 1976 - 1983
• U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Trial Attorney, 1972 - 1976

Education

• Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, 1972
  J.D.
  Law Review: Stanford Law Review, Note Editor
• University of Rochester, 1969
  B.A.
  Honors: Editor of College Newspaper
  Honors: Member, College Judicial Council
  Major: History

Accepts Credit Cards

Address

1101 17th Street N.W.
Suite 807
Washington, DC 20036

Phones

(202) 496-0400

Websites

http://www.gebhardtlaw.com
http://www.gebhardtlaw.info