About
Nicholas Woodfield is a major at The Employment Law Group® law office and is the organization’s preferred counsel. He is a seasoned trial legal professional focusing on civil litigation and appellate advocacy and focuses his exercise on whistleblower claims, wage non-charge and misclassification claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), discrimination and retaliation instances, and qui tam moves. Washingtonian Magazine has named him to its “Top Lawyers” list for his representation of personnel in workplace disputes.
Mr. Woodfield’s great victories for customers consist of:
-Multiple seven-determine elegance movement settlements
-A $650,000 jury verdict leading to one of the maximum vital appellate selections in Maryland employment regulation inside the last decade
-A $1.thirteen million Wage Payment Act judgment; a $101,000 Title VII/Equal Pay Act jury verdict; and numerous settlements exceeding $1 million.
-The first Sarbanes-Oxley Act selection in desire of a whistleblower to live on attraction
-The first Dodd-Frank Act whistleblower retaliation claim to continue to exist a motion to dismiss in federal court docket
-A federal court docket decision expanding the protections of the FLSA to defend all employees who document reasonable, exact-religion reviews of time beyond regulation violations.
Mr. Woodfield’s instances have helped to outline the contours of laws that defend personnel. In Sharer v. Tandberg, he gained a decision that bolstered the rights of employees to act collectively when their wages or blessings are unlawfully withheld. In Randolph v. ADT, a federal court docket granted summary judgment for his clients, increasing protections for employees who record their company for now not paying them properly.
He is admitted to exercise regulation in the kingdom and federal courts of Alabama, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia; in 2005 he turned into admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
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Location
Legal Issues
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
Costs
Certificates
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- President
Virginia Employment Lawyer s Association
Educations
Graduation year: 1992
Graduation year: 1987
